constitutional history

3. an agreement where the upper house would have equal representatives from each state while the lower hose would have proportional representatives based on state population
7. outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, judicial, and executive
8. decided that the best solution to the countries problems was to set aside the articles of confederation and write a new constitution
13. branch of government that carries out laws
16. a document that the principles on which our government and identity as Americans are based
17. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority

1. spells out Americas rights in relation to their government
2. an agreement among the 13 states that served as the nations first frame of government
4. determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when deciding state population for representatives and taxes
5. branch of government that makes laws
6. a person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. constitution
9. proposed a one-house legislature with equal votes of states and an executive elected by a legislature
10. the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid
11. a person selected to represent a group of people in some political assembly of the U.S.
12. a doctrine of constitutional law under which the three branches of government are kept separate
14. branch of government that evaluates laws
15. supreme power or authority, entails hierarchy within the state as well as external autonomy for states