| A | B |
|---|
| arsenal | a weapons storehouse |
| Shay's Rebellion | made people realize the national government couldn't protect the people |
| a Republic | the people choose representatives o run the government |
| George Washington | president of Constitutional Convention |
| Federal System | the National and state governments would share power |
| compromise | an agreement where BOTH sides would give up something they wanted |
| bill | an idea for a law |
| separation of power | 3 branches of government - PREVENTS one branch from being more powerful than another |
| LEGISLATIVE | branch that makes the laws |
| EXECUTIVE | branch that enforces or carries out the laws |
| JUDICIAL | branch that decides if laws are fair or constitutional |
| electoral college | delegates elected to VOTE directly for the President |
| veto | reject a bill passed by Congress |
| CONGRESS | the legislative body of representatives |
| Justices | judges appointed to the Supreme Court |
| 'rule of law | law that said "the government must apply laws equally to every person" |
| amendment | a change to the Constitution |
| ratify | to approve the Constitution |
| FEDERALISTS | citizens who favored a STRONG federal govenrment |
| ANTI-FEDERALISTS | citizens who DISAGREED with Federalists |
| Cabinet | Heads of state who served as advisors to the president |
| Checks & Balances | a system that kept one branch of government from becoming stronger than another |
| DEMOCRACY | a form of government where people RULE, and are FREE to make choices by voting. |
