Unit 4 Vocabulary

A change in, or addition to designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc.

A document that governed the United States during and after the American Revolution; created a "loose" alliance of the states

an armed uprising in Massachusetts in response to the government not paying Revolutionary War veterans; caused US leaders to call for revision of the Articles of Confederation

provided a method for admitting new states (under the Articles of Confederation) to the Union; banned slavery in the new territories

"Father of the Constitution"; fourth president of the United States; Virginian; helped author the Federalist Papers

a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch

a plan which called for each state to have one vote in Congress instead of representation being based on population

a compromise that was reached among Constitution Convention delegates which counted three out of every five slaves towards population

sharing power between two or more levels of government (state and federal)

division of government power so that each branch has separate and limited powers

system that allows each branch to "check" the other two; ensures that one branch does not become too powerful

those opposed to the creation of a stronger US federal government and to the ratification of the 1787 Constitution

those who supported a strong central government and the ratification of the Constitution

The first ten amendments to the Constitution; guarantees and protects the rights of the individual; ratified in 1791

the idea that the government's power comes from the people who have agreed to be governed