Constitutional convention
The action that the Articles of Confederation disabled the national government from doing to the states
What is Tax
The person who thought of the Great Compromise
Who is Roger Sherman
The ten amendments of the Constitution that supported ratification from Anti-Federalist states and protects individual freedoms
What is the Bill of Rights
Advocated for a strong national government to ensure unity and stability
What are Federalists
The idea that political power belongs to the people
What is popular sovereignty
The thing that representation in Congress was based on for the Virginia Plan
What is population
The main author of the U.S. Constitution
Who is James Madison
Branch Responsible for making laws
What is the legislative branch
Feared Central power
What are Anti Federalists
The sharing of power between a central government and the states
What is federalism
The order that replaced the Articles and is the Purpose of the Constitutional Convention
What is the U.S. Constitution
This person presided over the Constitution
Who is George Washington
Branch Responsible for enforcing laws
what is the executive branch
Essays written to argue for the Constitution’s adoption
What are the Federalist Papers
The government system that gives cer powers to the federal government
What is the federal system
The agreement of making slaves count for representation and taxation as 3/5
What is The Three-Fifths Compromise
The primary author of the Federalist Papers
Who is Alexander Hamilton
A system that keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful
What is Checks and Balances
What the Anti Federalists advocated for
What is individual rights
Official changes to a document
What are amendments
The upper house that is based on equal representation in the Great Compromise
What is the Senate
The leader of a rebellion that exposed the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation
Who is Daniel Shays
The number of original states needed to ratify the Constitution
What is 9 to 13
This Person quoted he “Smelt a rat in Philadelphia tending toward the monarchy”
Who was Patrick Henry
The authority of Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional
What is Judicial Review