| A | B |
|---|
| Bill of rights | First 10 amendments |
| Election of Senators and Reps. | S- 2 per state Rep- 1 for every 30,000 |
| Election of Pres. | by population and by elcetoral collage |
| Virginia Plan | the plan proposed at the constitutional convention to establish a new type of govt. with 3 branches:exec. judicial. and leg. |
| Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederations | could not tax, could not solve disputes between states, no military power |
| The convention | was the constitutional convention held in Phili. |
| The federalist | the series of essays written by Hamilton, madison, and jay in support of the constitution |
| Federalists | a person who favored the plan of govt. created by the constitution |
| Federalism | sharing of power between a central goverment and its states |
| Antifederalist | one who opposes ratification of the Constitution |
| Taxes | legeslative |
| Numbers of senators and Reps. | s-100 rep-435 |
| interperting the constitution | judicial |
| amending the constitution | 2/3(66%) of the congress votes to change the constitusion |
| Education | states #13 amendments |
| Laws not mentioned in the constitution | amendments |
| Impeachment | bringing offer to courts house of rep. trial sentate |
| Checks and balences | leg.checks ex. w/ impeachment ex.checks leg. w/ veto ex. check jud. w/ by nomination judjes leg. checks jud. w/ by approving nominations jud.-unconstitutional to check |
| Separation of powers | the devision of the govt. power into ex. leg. and jud. |
| three-fifths compromise | slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person |
| Great compromise | the plan approved by the constitutional convention providing for a twohouse congress in which the people would be represented in a house of rep. and the states would be represented in a senate |
| Shays' rebellion | the attempt by massachusetts farmers in 1786-1787 to stop local courts form imprisiong debtors |
| Annapolis Convention | get together to talk about what is bad about the articles of confederation |
| alexander hamilton | lawyer and delagate he wrote the federalist and reported that the a of c were weak |
| gwashington | 1 of the founding fathers who at 55 was elected the president of the constitution |
| james madison | known as the father of the constitution because he wrote the constitution |
| puprose of the constitutional convention | write a new form of goverment |
| new jersey plan | said that the legeslative branch would have one house and every state would have 2 reps |
| patric heney | antifederalist |
