| A | B |
|---|
| amendment | a change or addition to the Constitution |
| bill of rights | a list of essential individual rights |
| constitution | a document stating the rules under which government will operate |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | Devised a system for land sales and settlement in the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| legislature | body of government that writes and passes laws |
| James Madison | Authored the Virginia Plan; known as the "Father of the US Constitution" |
| George Mason | Wrote the Virginia bill of rights and the Bill of Rights to the US Constitution; known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights" |
| Gouverneur Morris | Wrote the Preamble to the US Constitution |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | Provided a system for a territory to become a state |
| Ratify | to approve a document |
| Daniel Shays | Led an uprising of about one thousand Massachusetts farmers |
| Roger Sherman | Proposed the Great Compromise which resolved the issue of representation in Congress |
