Term
|
Definition
| federalist-people who opposed ratification of the Constitution without a bill of rights added |
|
|
Term
| Articles of Confederation |
|
Definition
| the first government of the United States |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| set of amendments to the Constitution passed to protect individual rights |
|
|
Term
| Constitutional Convention |
|
Definition
| meeting in Philadelphia called to change the Articles of Confederation |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a system of government in which power is shared among the federal government and the states |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| people who supported the ratification of the Constitution without a Bill of Rights |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
a set of letters written to convince people to adopt the Constitution without a Bill of Rights
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| influential Virginian who opposed ratification of the Constitution and refused to sign it |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| called for a two-house legislature with representation based on population in one house and equal representation in the other house. It also had 3 branches of government- Exe. , Jud. , Leg. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| one of the leaders of the Constitutional Convention |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| law that sets up townships in the western lands, which became known as the NW territory |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| plan that called for each state to have equal representation in the legislature |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| law that organized the NW territory-5000 men own land- 60,000 people lived there |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| land that formed the modern states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a government in which the people elect representatives |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| anti-tax protest by farmer |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| called for counting three fifths of the slave population for representation and taxation |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| plan that called for representation in the legislatures to be based on states population or wealth. It had 3 branches of government also. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a road traveled westward over the Appalachian Mountains |
|
|
