Vocabulary
An agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants.
Compromise
Upper house of Congress where each state has equal representation(2 members)
Senate
Formal agreement
Treaty
something owed; such as money
Debt
Another word for trade
Commerce
System of government where power is shared between the national government and each states
Federation
to formally approve
Ratify
System of government where independent states have the power with a weak central government
Confederation
compromise between the North and South to get the South to accept and sign the Constitution where slaves counted as 3/5 of a person for representation purposes
3/5 Compromise
House of Representatives
lower house of Congress where representation is based on population
This plan included two houses of Congress with representation based on the state's population.
Virginia Plan
meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 where delegates decided to throw out the Articles of Confederation and draft the Constitution
Constitutional Convention
Process to select our President
Electoral College
The seizure of property from borrowers who are unable to repay their loans
Foreclosure
the "rule book" or detailed, written plan for the government
constitution
Another word for national government
central government
Continental Congress
representatives from the British colonies who declared independence in 1776 and drafted the Articles of Confederation in 1777
This plan included one house Congress with each state having equal representation
New Jersey Plan
Representatives at the Constitutional Convention
Delegates
Compromise made in which states would have equal representation in one house and representation based on population in the other house
Great Compromise
event where 2,000 Massachusetts farmers rebelled against land foreclosures and debt from the Revolutionary War
Shay's Rebellion
the legislature of the United States government
Congress
One-house legislature
Unicameral
first constitution of the United States (1781-1787); created a loose confederation of states
Articles of Confederations
Two house legislature
Bicameral