| A | B |
|---|
| group of people were against ratifying Constitution | Anti-Federalists |
| The Great Compromise did this | divided congress into two houses |
| The 1st 10 amendments in the Constitution | Bill of Rights |
| A written plan of government | a constitution |
| the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention | to make changes to the Articles of Confederation |
| The idea that government is created & receives its power from the people | popular sovereignty |
| The belief that everyone, rich or poor, powerful or weak, must obey the law | rule of law |
| The fact that each branch of government must be separate from the others and function on its own | separation of powers |
| A change to the Constitution | amendment |
| some of the delegates refuse to sign the Constitution because of this | it didn’t include a bill of rights |
| This made it easier to make cloth in the late 1700s | spinning jenny |
| The introduction to the Constitution | The Preamble |
| The 1st words to the Preamble | WE THE PEOPLE |
| The Constitution replaced this failed document | Articles of Confederation |
| System of government in which the states & national government share powers | Federalism |
| group of people were for ratifying Constitution | Federalists |
| To formally approve of something | ratify |
| Farmer's protest that showed a need for the Constitution | Shay's Rebellion |
| to become a state | Statehood |
