Vocabulary Brandon

3. an agreement at the Constitutional Convention that three fifths of the enslaved residents in any state be counted in its population
5. set up a government for the Northwest Territory, guaranteed basic rights to settlers, and outlawed slavery
6. a British document signed in 1215 that contained two basic ideas: monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic right
9. a principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches
10. a written plan of government
12. list of freedoms that the government promises to protest, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
15. set up a system for settling the Northwest Territory, it created the townships that we have today
16. proposed by James Madison, it called for a strong national government with representation being based on a states population
17. a system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them

1. the first American constitution, created a very loose alliance of the 13 independent states
2. a supporter of a strong federal government
4. a plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states
7. to change
8. an opponent of a strong federal government
11. the plan at the Constitutional Convention, favored by smaller states, that called for three branches of government with a single-chamber legislature
13. the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
14. to approve