Creating the Constitution Vocab Review

Which branch consists of the president and enforces laws?

• Judicial

• Executive

• Legislative

• Local

Who wrote the Great Compromise?

• Samuel Adams

• Roger Sherman

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

Written form of government that states rules and how the government will operate

• Treaty

• Federalism

• Republicanism

• Constitution

This plan favored larger states and wanted to give supreme power to the central government.

• Connecticut Plan

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Michigan Plan

A principle of government where elected representatives carry out the people's will.

• Federalism

• Republicanism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

Who took detailed notes at the Constitutional Convention

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• John Adams

• James Madison

Which branch of government makes the laws?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

• Supreme Court

Which branch consists of courts and interprets laws?

• Judicial

• Executive

• Legislative

• State

Who's uprising of Massachusetts farmers showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

• Roger Sherman

• Patrick Henry

• Daniel Shays

• Benjamin Franklin

The division of power between the state and national government

• Republicanism

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Federalism

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787