vocab unit 3

4. a proposal by Randolph for a bicameral legislative branch.
9. outlined the process for states to count slaves as part of the population in order to determine representation and taxation for the federal government.
11. an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure .
12. a person who advocates or supports a system of government .
13. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights
14. resolution in operation by providing a mechanism for selling and settling the land, while the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 addressed political needs.
16. A law passed in 1787 to regulate the settlement of the Northwest Territory, which eventually was divided into several states of the Middle West.
17. sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.

1. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives.
2. a movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government .
3. a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court.
5. First american constitution passed in 1777 which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states.
6. A fundamental principle of the United States government, whereby powers and responsibilities are divided among the legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch.
7. A document that sets out laws, principles,organization, and process of a government
8. a proposal for the structure of the United States Government
10. make minor changes in (a text) in order to make it fairer.
15. a charter of liberties to which the English barons forced King John to give his assent in June 1215 at Runnymede.