Constitutional Principles

3. The larger of the two parts of Congress: based on the VA Plan
6. Proportional representation plan supported by large states that said the more people/more power
7. The Senate and the House of Representatives
9. The way that the state government and federal government work together,
10. These had too much power under the Articles of Confederation because the federal government had no power.
12. The type of government that gets its power from the people.
15. Created Congress by combining the NJ Plan and the VA Plan.
16. To change or edit the Constitution
17. Equal representation plan supported by smaller states
19. The type of government that sees over the United States as a whole (as opposed to state governments)
20. The rights protected in the first 10 amendments: freedom of Speech, Press, Religion
21. The branch of government that contains the Supreme Court: evaluates the laws
22. The amount of power that a state had in government
23. The Anti-Federalists would not _____ the Constitution until the Bill of Rights was added.

1. A way that the three branches of government watch out for each other and keep each other from becoming too powerful
2. Constitutional framers who supported a strong central government and strong president.
4. Constitutional framers who feared a strong central government and mandated the Bill of Rights be added.
5. The first government of the United States was rewritten and turned into the Constitution.
8. Our current government: where you would find our laws written down.
11. Two chambers-created by the Connecticut Plan
13. The branch of government which contains the president-Executes the laws
14. The smaller of the two parts of Congress: based on the NJ Plan
18. First 10 amendments to the Constitution which protect our civil liberties.