Chapter 3 vocab

2. A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
4. Approved
6. a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states
9. a group of individual state governments that band together for a common purpose
11. Supporters of the Constitution were led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. They firmly believed the national government should be strong. They didn't want the Bill of Rights because they felt citizens' rights were already well protected by the Constitution.
12. the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
15. powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states
16. principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern
19. the idea that the government's authority comes from the people
21. the branch of government that interprets laws
22. A written plan of government

1. The compromise made by the constitutional convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
2. powers held jointly by the national and state governments.
3. delegates agreed that every five enslaved persons would count as three free persons.
5. Under this system, each branch of government is able to check, or limit, the power of the others
7. A change to the Constitution
8. the branch of government that carries out laws
10. Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were contemplating its adoption.
13. A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
14. an introduction that states the goals and purposes of the government in the Constitution.
17. a group of people who would be named by each state legislature to elect the president and vice president
18. the branch of government that makes the laws
20. powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution