| A | B |
|---|
| limited government | the government is restricted in what it may do |
| representative government | a system of government in which public policies are made by officials selected by the voters |
| Magna Carta | Great Charter was forced upon King John of England by his barons in 1215 |
| Petition of Right | a document prepared by Parliament and signed by King Charles I of England in 1628 |
| English Bill of Rights | a document written by Parliament and agreed on by William and Mary of England in 1689 |
| bicameral | legislature composed of two chambers |
| unicameral | legislature composed of only one chamber |
| Second Continental Congress | served as our nation's first national government, during the Revolutionary War |
| repeal | another term for recalling an act of government |
| Declaration of Independence | this was signed on July 4, 1776 |
| popular sovereignty | the basic principle of the American system of government which asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power |
| Articles of Confederation | the plan of government adopted by the Continental Congress after the American Revolution establishing a firm league of friendship among the states |
| ratification | the formal approval or final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution |
| framers | name given to the group of delegates who drafted the United States Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 |
| Virginia Plan | called for a three branch government with a bicameral legislature |
| New Jersey Plan | called for a unicameral legislature in which each state would be equally represented |
| Connecticut Compromise | congress should be composed of a senate, in which states would be represented equally |
| three-fifths compromise | counted a slave as three-fifths of a person when determining the population of a state |
| commerce and slave trade compromise | an agreement during the Constitutional Convention protecting slave holders |
| federalists | supported the ratification of the Constitution in 1787-1788 |
| anti-federalists | opposed the ratification of the Constitution of 1787-1788 |
