Government

consisting of two houses of elected representatives that make laws

• bicameral legislature

• constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• federalism

a formal plan of government

• bicameral legislature

• constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• federalism

our first constitution

• bicameral legislature

• constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• federalism

the sharing of power between national and state governments

• bicameral legislature

• constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• federalism

to give official approval of the Constitution

• republic

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

• ratify

system where each branch of government can limit the power of the other two

• republic

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

• ratify

a government in which citizens rule by voting for representatives

• republic

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

• ratify

divides political control among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government

• republic

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

• ratify

Americans who supported a stronger government and the new Constitution

• New Jersey/small state plan

• Virginia/large state plan

• Federalists

• Antifederalists

plan that argued states should be represented equally in Congress

• New Jersey/small state plan

• Virginia/large state plan

• Federalists

• Antifederalists