Vocabulary Brandon

4. the plan at the Constitutional Convention, favored by smaller states, that called for three branches of government with a single-chamber legislature
6. a principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches
9. the first American constitution, created a very loose alliance of the 13 independent states
15. a plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states
17. a written plan of government

1. an agreement at the Constitutional Convention that three fifths of the enslaved residents in any state be counted in its population
2. set up a government for the Northwest Territory, guaranteed basic rights to settlers, and outlawed slavery
3. the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
5. a system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them
7. set up a system for settling the Northwest Territory, it created the townships that we have today
8. a British document signed in 1215 that contained two basic ideas: monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic right
10. an opponent of a strong federal government
11. list of freedoms that the government promises to protest, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
12. a supporter of a strong federal government
13. proposed by James Madison, it called for a strong national government with representation being based on a states population
14. to approve
16. to change