Ch2 Vocabulary

7. Dividing up power among branches of government
9. Plan calling for a unicameral legislature with 1 vote per state in Congress
14. Document drafted by the Committee of Five proclaiming our split from Great Britain
15. Those who favored ratification of the Constitution and a strong central government
17. Agreement stating that 3 out of every 5 slaves would be counted toward population and taxes
18. System where national government and state government share power

1. The final decision reached at the Constitutional Convention
2. Those who favored strong state government and weak national government
3. Meeting to raise an army, unionize the colonies, and plan for war
4. Meeting held do adopt a resolution in opposition to the Coercive Acts
5. Plan calling for a bicameral legislature with a judiciary and executive chosen by the legislature
6. Series of essays written to support ratification of the U.S. Constitution
8. Economic theory designed to increase commercial industry and trade
10. Compact between the 13 original colonies that created a loose and weak national government
11. the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
12. Structure that gives each branch some degree of oversight and control over the others
13. Uprising of farmers that almost overthrew the national government
16. A document establishing the structure, functions, and limitations of a government