Vocabulary
Vocabulary Too!!
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
Constitutional Convention TOO!!
100
A government in which people elect representatives to govern them
What is Republic
100
This mean trade
What is commerce
100
America's first constitution
What is Articles of Confederation
100
What year did the 55 delegates meet in Philadelphia to create the Constitution
What is 1787
100
This was included in the constitution to address the issue of individual rights
What is Bill of rights
200
a framework of basic laws or rules of government
What is constitution
200
Someone who supports the Constitution
What is a Federalist
200
Farmers revolt that signaled the need for a stronger government
What is Shay's Rebellion
200
Known as the Father of U.S. Constitution
Who is James Madison
200
This group favored a strong central government
What is Federalist
300
a system of government where power is shared among the central (or federal) government and the states
What is federalism
300
Someone who is against ratification (approval) of the Constitution
What is Antifederalist
300
Under the Articles of Confederation this was the sole branch of government
What is Legislative Branch
300
Plan that favored large states and asked that representation be based on population
What is Virginia Plan
300
This group feared a strong central government
What is antifederalist
400
to approve
What is ratify
400
A System in which people act and speak for others
What is representation
400
a system for how the new territories in the west would be settled and developed
What is Land Ordinance
400
Plan that smaller states favored that called for equal representation
What is New Jersey Plan
400
Written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison these papers explained and defended the Constitution
What is Federalist Papers
500
a written list of freedoms
What is the Bill of Rights
500
A settlement of differences in which each side gives up a part of that it wants
What is a compromise
500
system of how the new territories would be governed and admitted as states into the Union
What is Northwest Ordinance
500
This plan has 3 branches of government and a 2 house legislature that consist of the House of Representatives and Senate
What is Great Compromise
500

Fill in the Blank: "A republic, Madam, if __________."  (Ben Franklin)

What is "you can keep it."

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