Creating a Government (Explore #1) Bill of Rights - - First ten amendments to the Constitution, placed limitations of government and protects natural rights.

- - A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society Constitution Creating a Government (Explore #1)

- - A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new U.S. Constitution Constitutional Convention Creating a Government (Explore #1)

- - A person who is chosen or elected to represent a person or group Delegates Creating a Government (Explore #1)

- A system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a national government and state governments Federalism Creating a Government (Explore #2)

- Article II of U.S. Constitution. Outlines in the power of the executive branch (Presidency). The president is the head of this branch with cabinet members under him. Executive Branch Creating a Government (Explore #2)

Legislative Branch - Article 1 of U.S. Constitution. Also known as Congress, which is Bi-Cameral having 2 houses within it. Creating a Government (Explore #2)

- Article III of U.S. Constitution. Known as the Supreme Court. Decides if laws follow the Constitution or not. Judicial Branch Creating a Government (Explore #2)

- A framework for the Constitution proposed by a group of small states; its key points were a one- house legislature with one vote for each state, the establishment of the acts of Congress as the "supreme law" of the land, and a supreme judiciary with limited power. New Jersey Plan Creating a Government (Explore #2)

- "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation based on population in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation. Virginia Plan Creating a Government (Explore #2)

- The lower legislative house of the United States Congress. Membership in the HoR is based on population of each state. House of Representatives Creating a Government (Explore #2)

- The upper legislative house of the United States Congress. 2 representatives from each state regardless of population. Senate Creating a Government (Explore #2)

- A compromise that proposed two houses of Congress; one where a state's population would determine representation and another where all states were represented equally The Great Compromise Creating a Government (Explore #2)

- Fourth President of the United States and considered Father of our Constitution James Madison Creating a Government (Explore #2)

- Compromise between northern and southern states at the Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct representation in the House of Representatives. 3/5 Compromise Creating a Government (Explore #3)

- Area of land controlled by a nation. Example would be the Northwest Territory Territory Creating a Government (Explore #3)

- Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, needed a population of 60,000 to ask the US to join as a state. Slavery was banned in these areas and public schooling must be provided. Northwest Territory Creating a Government (Explore #3)

- Powers not specifically granted to the federal government or denied to the states belong to the states and the people Reserved Powers Creating a Government (Explore #4)

- Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law Separation of Powers Creating a Government (Explore #4)

- A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power Checks and Balances Creating a Government (Explore #4)

- A collection of 85 articles written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison to defend the Constitution in detail. Federalist Papers Creating a Government (Explore #5)

- A loose union of independent states Confederacy Creating a Government (Explore #5)

- A Formal approval of something. Like when the states approved and "ratified" the U.S. Constitution Ratification Creating a Government (Explore #6)

- A change in, or addition to, a constitution or law Amendments Creating a Government (Explore #6)