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Ch. 2 Vocab
Ch. 3 Vocab
100
Basic freedoms for all such as trial by jury, monarch cannot take away
What is Magna Carta
100
Each slave would be a certain percentage when considering state population
What is 3/5 Compromise
100
Leader of the Constitutional Convention
What is George Washington
100
government when citizens choose their lawmakers
What is republic
100
A written plan for government
What is Constitution
200
One of the founders of natural rights which cannot be taken away.
What is John Locke
200
The first constitution of the United States that needed to be reform.
What is Articles of Confederation
200
Father of the constitution
What is George Washington
200
rights that people are born with such as life, liberty, and property
What is Natural Rights
200
a vote of approval
What is ratify
300
Government should be separated into 3 branches
What is Montsequieu
300
A plan with one house legislature with equal representation
What is New Jersey Plan
300
Proposed the New Jersey Plan
What is William Patterson
300
Dividing government power into three branches
What is separation of powers
300
The meeting of delegates to write a new constitution
What is Constitutional Convention?
400
Government where representatives are elected by the people
What is Rome
400
This plan was 2 houses one based on population and one on equal representation.
What is Great Compromise
400
Proposed the Great Compromise
What is Roger Sherman
400
an agreement among a group of people
What is Compact
400
Means a 2 house legislature
What is bicameral
500
Direct democracy of the people
What is Athens
500
first major plan presented which focused on three branches of government. It included two house legislature - both based on population.
What is Virginia Plan
500
Opponents of the constitution who feared a strong national government.
What is Anti-Federalist
500
when laws are made directly by the citizens
What is direct democracy?
500
Supporters of the government who favored a strong central government
What is federalists