Problems with the Articles
The rebellion of farmers that showed the federal government was too weak to put down.
Shays' Rebellion
This principle from the Constitution divides the government into three branches.
This branch makes the laws.
Legislative Branch
This compromise created a two-house Congress.
The Great Compromise or The Connecticut Compromise
A change or addition to the Constitution.
Amendment
Under the Articles, what could Congress not do to get money?
Raise Taxes
This principle splits power between state and national governments.
Federalism
This branch enforces the laws.
Executive
This compromise counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person in the total population.
The 3/5ths Compromise
The first ten amendments.
The Bill of Rights
Who had more power under the Articles, states or federal government?
States
This system lets each branch limit the others.
Checks and Balances
This branch interprets the laws.
Judicial Branch
This addition to the Constitution was promised to protect individual freedoms.
The Bill of Rights
The power of the president to reject a law.
Veto
What document created the first government of the United States?
The Articles of Confederation
What are the three branches of government?
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
Congress belongs to this branch.
Legislative Branch
This plan wanted representation based on population.
The Virginia Plan
Proportional
What is one power the federal government did have under the Articles?
Declare war, sign treaties, enter alliances, make peace
This principle literally mean "people power", or a government that gets its power from the consent of the people.
Popular Sovereignty
The President leads this branch.
Executive Branch
This plan wanted equal representation.
The New Jersey Plan
This word means to raise (as in taxes)
Levy