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| An adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers |
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| A joining of several groups for a common purpose |
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| The principle that government can exist only with the consent of the governed |
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| Formal approval or final consent |
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| Great charter forced upon King John of England, establishing power of the monarchy was not absolute |
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| Group of delegates who drafted the United States Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 |
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| Plan presented at Constitutional convention; proposing three branches of government with bicameral legislature with each staes membership determined by its population or its financial support for the central government |
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| Agreement that, in Congress, States can be represented equally in the Senate and by population in the House |
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| Those persons who supported the ratification of the Constitution in 1787-1788 |
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| Representative government gained political supremacy over the monarchy when William and Mary of Orange signed the |
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| Which colony was founded mainly as a place for personal and religious freedom? |
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| In the charter colonies, most governmental matters wer handled by |
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| The idea that the people have a right to abolish an abusive and unresponsive government was FIRST formally expressed by Americans in the |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| After the Revolutionary War, the National Government |
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| proved too weak to deal with growing economic and political problems. |
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| Who contributed most to the writing of the Constitution? |
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| Much of the work of the Framers centered around proposals that had been set out in |
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| Which characteristics of the Constitution most angered Anti-Federalists? |
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| The words "I took upon that paper as the most fatal plan that could possibly be conceived to enslave a free people" were said about the Constitution by |
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| Which of these states was the FIRST to ratify the Constitution of the United States? |
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| The Federalist was written |
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| to win support for the Constitution in New York. |
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