US Constitution

To change or add to

• Amend
• Repeal
• Delegate
• Compromise

To take back or out

• Amend
• Repeal
• Delegate
• Compromise

Representative of a state

• Amend
• Repeal
• Delegate
• Compromise

3 branches monitor each other

• Checks and balances
• Separation of Power
• Compromise
• 1776 the Articles of Confederation

Dividing the power

• Checks and balances
• Separation of Power
• Compromise
• 1776 the Articles of Confederation

To come to an agreement

• Checks and balances
• Separation of Power
• Compromise
• 1776 the Articles of Confederation

First US constitution did not work, it gave the states too much power

• Checks and balances
• Separation of Power
• Compromise
• 1776 the Articles of Confederation

Each state had one representative, no federal branches, states had the power to tax

• Articles of Confederation
• Shays Rebellion
• Federalist Papers
• 1786 the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia

Protesters led by Daniel Shays upset they couldn’t pay their debts, showed how weak the Articles of Confederation was.

• Articles of Confederation
• Shays Rebellion
• Federalist Papers
• 1786 the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia

For a strong central Government & a constitution

• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists
• Supported a Bill of Rights
• James Madison