Vocabulary
To make a change by a legal process
Amend
Wrote the best notes of the Constitutional Convention
James Madison
What was to be added after the ratification of the constitution
Bill of Rights
The act of abolishing or doing away with
Abolition
The secretary of the Philadelphia Convention.
William Jackson
The _____compromise involved counting of enslaved people.
3/5 compromise
One who is qualified to vote; especially one who is able to cast a vote for President in the electoral college.
Elector
The first president under the constitution
George Washington
Replaced the Articles of Confederation
Constitution
A region of land; specifically in the United States that has it's own government but is not a state.
Territory
The pen name given to the authors of the Federalist Papers.
Publius
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay wrote these papers under the pseudonym Publius in order to persuade voters to support the ratification of the newly proposed Constitution
Federalist Papers
A legal division of a territory, consisting of 36 sections
Township
List the three authors of the Federalist Papers
Alexandar Hamilton
James Madison
John Jay
Reserved some land in each township for government use
The Northwest Ordinance of 1785