Creating a New Government

A change or addition to the Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• amendment

• ratify

• tax

A type of legislature with TWO parts

• unicameral

• bicameral

• tricameral

• New Jersey Plan

The branch of government which creates laws

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

The first president of the United States

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

Government in which the power to govern is shared between a central government and its states

• democracy

• federal system

• republic

• monarchy

Creator of the Virginia Plan

• George Washington

• James Madison

• Roger Sherman

• Thomas Jefferson

The branch of government which interprets or explains the meanings of the laws

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

Power to govern comes from the people and not from a king or queen

• popular soverignty

• democracy

• republic

• amendment

The introduction to the Constitution

• Article

• Articles of Confederation

• Preamble

• Declaration of Independence

A way of reaching an agreement in which each side gives up something it wants

• amendment

• tax

• ratify

• compromise