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| 7109912781 | federation | This is a two-level government, the state and national (federal) levels, with the national government holding the most power. This involved the yielding by the states of their sovereignty to a completely new federal government. This would give the states freedom to control their local affairs. | 0 | |
| 7109915329 | checks & balances | This was the principle of government under which separate branches are employed to prevent actions by the other branches and are induced to share power. | 1 | |
| 7109919578 | sovereignty | Supreme and independent power or authority in government as possessed or claimed by a state. | 2 | |
| 7109925506 | mobocracy | Rule or domination by the masses. | 3 | |
| 7109928866 | consent of the governed | A condition urged by many as a requirement for legitimate government. | 4 | |
| 7109932141 | states' rights | The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government. | 5 | |
| 7109934522 | anarchy | A state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority. | 6 | |
| 7109937810 | Society of the Cincinnati | a hereditary society with branches in the United States and France, founded in 1783, to preserve the ideals and fellowship of officers of the Continental Army who served in the Revolutionary War. | 7 | |
| 7261822499 | large-state plan | It was the plan purposed by Virginia to set up Congress where the number of representatives per state would be based on population, giving the larger states an advantage. | 8 | |
| 7261826739 | Great Compromise | Resolved that there would be representation by population in the House of Representatives, and equal representation would exist in the Senate. Each state, regardless of size, would have 2 Senators. | 9 | |
| 7261833734 | Articles of Confederation | The first "constitution" governing the Untied States after the revolution. It was ratified in 1781 and provided for a "firm league of friendship." | 10 | |
| 7261839768 | Electoral College | A group of electors chosen by the people to elect the president of the United States in every election year. | 11 | |
| 7261843638 | Three-Fifths Compromise. | A compromise where a black slave was counted as three-fifths of a person when they were counting the population. | 12 | |
| 7261847049 | Land Ordinance of 1785 | A law which stated that the disputed land of the Old Northwest (today's Midwest) was to be equally divided into townships (6 miles by 6 miles) and sold for federal income. It also promoted education (by reserving section #16 for schools) and ended confusing legal disagreements over land. | 13 | |
| 7261850716 | Northwest Ordinance | Stated that sections of land were similar to colonies for a while, and under the control of the federal government. Once a territory was inhabited by 60,000 people, then Congress would review its constitution and admit it as a state. Slavery was prohibited in the area. | 14 | |
| 7261857252 | Anti-Federalists | People who disagreed with the Constitution because they believed people's rights were being taken away without a Bill of Rights. They were angered by dropping annual elections, the non existence of God in the government, a standing army, and basically the strengthening of the federal government. | 15 | |
| 7261864091 | Shay's Rebellion | An uprising that flared up in western Massachusetts. Impoverished back country farmers, many of them Revolutionary War veterans, were losing their farms through mortgage foreclosures and tax delinquencies. They demanded cheap paper money, lighter taxes, and a suspension of mortgage foreclosures. | 16 | |
| 7261870264 | Federalists | A political party consisting of the wealthier, more educated, more respectable citizens of the time. They believed in advocating a strong federal government and fought for the adoption of the United States Constitution | 17 | |
| 7261874638 | Constitution of the United State | The foundation of our country's national government. It was drafted in Philadelphia in 1787 and ratified two years later. | 18 | |
| 7261877776 | The Federalist Papers | A series of articles written in New York newspapers as a source of propaganda for a stronger central government. The articles, written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison, were a way for the writers to express their belief that it is better to have a stronger central government. | 19 | |
| 7261885219 | bill of rights | A list of fundamental freedoms assumed to be central to society. | 20 |
