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| documents that sets out the laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government | ||
| first American constitution passed in 1777 | ||
| first 10 amendments to the US constitution | ||
| 1768 revolt in Massachusetts led by farmers reacting to high taxes | ||
| gathering of state representatives on May 25, 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation | ||
| Constitutional Convention plan favored by larger states that called for a strong national government with three branches and two chamber legislature | ||
| Constitutional Convention plan favored by smaller states that called for three branches of government and single chamber legislature | ||
| branch of government that passes laws, Congress and Senate | ||
| branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly, Supreme Court | ||
| branch of government that carries out the laws, President | ||
| settlement where each side gives us some of its demands to reach an agreement | ||
| plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states | ||
| agreement at the Constitutional Convention that three fifths of the slaves in any state be counted in its population | ||
| leaders who laid the groundwork for the United states, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson | ||
| principles where powers of government are divided among separate branches | ||
| supporter of the Constitution who favored a strong federal/national government | ||
| people who opposed the Constitution and a strong national government | ||
| two houses | ||
| helped draft the Great Compromise that determined how states would be represented in Congress. | ||
| principles of the US Constitution that safeguards against abuse of power by giving each branch of government the power to check other branches | ||
| larger of the two bodies that make up the legislative branch of the US government representation, based on population | ||
| smaller of the two bodies that make up the legislative branch of the US government representation with two senators for each state | ||
| During a hot summer in 1787, a convention met in the city of ___________________ to write the Constitution | ||
| highest court in the US established by the Constitution | ||
| change or addition made to the Constitution | ||
| was voted president of the Constitutional Convention | ||
| wrote much of the Constitution—often called the Father of the Constitution | ||
| was frail and near death, but was one of the Convention's most respected delegates |
