Constitution Vocabulary

3. the first American political party. It existed from the early 1790s to the 1820s
4. a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson
9. the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789
11. led Virginia patriots during the American Revolution, and his concept of inalienable rights influenced Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
12. The bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, and consists of two chambers: the House of Representatives and the Senate
13. an American attorney, planter, and orator best known for his declaration to the Second Virginia Convention: "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
15. an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have
16. a late-18th-century movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of 1787
18. a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city
20. a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison

1. a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution.
2. The first treasury secretary and wrote most of the federalist papers
5. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
6. the population of slaves would be counted as three-fifths in total when apportioning Representatives, as well as Presidential electors and taxes
7. the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
8. a gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution
10. The organ exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state
14. the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in a country, state or an international community
17. a principal's approval of an act of its agent that lacked the authority to bind the principal legally
19. (of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers