Unit 3 Vocabulary

2. man from Connecticut that brought the Great Compromise and helped write the Declaration of Independence
5. makes laws and serves as a branch of government
6. branch of government that enforces the law
8. has been the law of the land for over 200 years
10. the separation of these prevents one branch from becoming more powerful than another
11. this was the branch of governement the Articles of Confederation didn't have
12. this system is used to elect our presidents
15. to revise a document
16. man who is considered father of the constitution
17. name of the national legislature in America
18. under this compromise, the slave population was counted in states differently
19. plan that called for states with larger populations to have more representatives
22. a conflict that showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
23. compromise that brought the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan together

1. type of convention where delegates from 12 states went
3. this system is used to stop other branches
4. prohibit from becoming law
7. approved in 1781 and lasted 7 years
9. plan that called for small states to get same voting power as larger ones
13. a government run by the people through their elected officials
14. a government by the people
20. convention held in Maryland but failed to rally interest
21. a plan of government that describes the different parts of the government and their powers