Early Governments
This is a detailed written plan for government.
What is a constitution?
These laws organized western lands and created a system for surveying land in 1785.
What are the Northwest Ordinances?
This meeting took place in Philadelphia in 1787 to fix problems with the Articles of Confederation.
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What is the Constitutional Convention?
This plan proposed a national government with three branches and two legislative houses.
What is the Virginia Plan?
The Constitution has three parts: the Preamble, the seven Articles, and these...
What are amendments?
After independence, former colonies created these to replace colonial rule and establish their own governments.
What are state constitutions?
This created a confederation, a league of independent states united for a common purpose.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This state did not attend the Constitutional Convention because it feared losing state power.
What is Rhode Island?
This plan proposed a single legislative house where each state would have one vote.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
This is the introduction to the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
State legislatures are described with this term, meaning two houses.
What is bicameral?
This year the Articles of Confederation were ratified and became the first constitution of the United States.
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What is 1781?
Delegates chose this person to lead the convention.
Who is George Washington?
This compromise created two houses of Congress with equal representation in the Senate and population-based representation in the House.
What is the Great Compromise?
These describe the structure, powers, and functions of the national government.
What are the seven Articles?
This document lists freedoms and legal protections for citizens.
What is a Bill of Rights?
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could not do this to raise money.
What is collect taxes?
Initially, at the convention, each state had this number of votes.
What is one vote?
This compromise counted three out of every five enslaved people for representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
These are official changes added to the Constitution.
What are amendments?
This agreement created a confederation of independent states and became the first government of the United States in 1781.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could not do this between states.
What is regulate trade?
At the Constitutional Convention, most delegates were educated and wealthy men, including lawyers, landowners, and former government officials. These groups of people were excluded from the convention.
Who were women, enslaved people, Indigenous peoples, immigrants, and lower-class citizens?
This agreement allowed the slave trade to continue until this year.
What is 1808?
This principle means government authority comes from the people.
What is popular sovereignty?