Vocabulary
To Approve
Ratify
People in support of the original Articles of Confederation were known as....
Anti-Federalists
The Senate's representation is based on...
equality (each state would have 2 representatives)
Powers of government include:
Make laws about international trade
Set up Military
Sets up postal
Prints money
Under the Articles of Confederation, states did not have a common . .
currency
A Law
Ordinance
People who were for revising the Articles of Confederation were known as...
Federalists
The House of Representative's would be based on...
The state's population
Government directed by the people
Republic
The two branches of government the Articles of Confederation did not have were the ________ or _________ branches
Executive and Judicial
An Addition
Amendment
This plan state that representation in the Legislative Branch should be based on the states population
The Virginia Plan
When determining the state's population, the south wanted enslaved people to count towards their ______ but not their ______?
toward their population but not their taxes
Anti-Federalists argued that the Constitution needed the ___________ to protect basic rights of the people
Bill of Rights
This man was president during the first Constitutional Convention
George Washington.
Ways that each branch of government limits the power of the other branches
Checks and Balances
This plan stated that representation in the Legislative Branch should be the same in each state
The New Jersey Plan
The Three Fifth's Compromise stated...
Only 3 of every 5 slaves would count.
Voting and staying informed with current events are examples of what?
Civic Responsibilities
The state that did not attend the first Constitutional Convention was . . .
Rhode Island.
Government in which citizens have power to make political decisions
Delegates proposed Congress be split into two houses...what are the two houses?
Senate and House of Representatives
1st State to ratify the Constiution was
Delaware
Government in which citizens rule is known as . . .
Republic
This man was known as the "Father of the Constiution."
James Madison, VA