Ideals of Democracy

Principal author of the Declaration of Independence.

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Roger Sherman

He coauthored the Federalist Papers and wrote the Bill of Rights.

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Roger Sherman

Revolutionary War general who presided over the Constitutional Convention.

• George Washington

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• Roger Sherman

Aided Jefferson in drafting the Declaration of Independence.

• John Adams

• Ben Franklin

• Roger Sherman

• James Madison

Pennsylvania statesman and leader in the movement for American independence

• Ben Franklin

• John Adams

• Alexander Hamilton

New York statesman who promoted replacing the Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government. coauthored the Federalist Papers.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 states to revise or replace the Articles of Confederation with a document providing for a stronger central government.

• Constitutional Convention

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

• Hartford Convention

A political system where the government's power is restricted by laws or a written constitution.

• limited government

• articles of confederation

• federalism

• social contract

Freedoms that no government can take away

• natural rights

• declaration of rights

• independence

• limited government

republicanism

• governing through elected representatives

• leading political party in the United States

• governing through strong states and a weak central government

• agreement between the rulers and the ruled