Government - Chapter 2

(1) ordered government, (2) limited government, and (3) representative government

• Common Features of State Constitutions

• The Critical Period

• 3/5th Compromise

• 3 Basic Concepts of Government

Counting slaves as 3/5s of a person when determining the population of a State

• Ratification

• 3 Basic Concepts of Government

• 3/5 Compromise

• Common Features of State Constitutions

nickname for the Constitution which acknowledges the fact that it was the result of accommodating various interests by means of compromise

• Albany Plan of Union

• Bundle of Compromises

• The Critical Period

• Articles of Confederation

Proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754, aimed to unite the colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; was turned down by the crown

• Albany Plan of Union

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

• New Jersey Plan

Those persons who opposed ratification of the Constitution in 1787-88

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Framers

• Delegate

Plan of govermnet adopted by the Continental Congress after the American Revolution; established a "firm league of friendship" among the states, but allowed few important powers to the central government

• Albany Plan of Union

• Petition of Right

• The Federalist Papers

• Articles of Confederation

Two-House Legislature

• Unicameral

• Bicameral

• Quorum

• Charter

Refusal to buy or sell certain products or services

• repeal

• boycott

• charter

• quorum

A city's basic laws, its constitution, a written grant of authority from the king

• quorum

• charter

• repeal

• boycott

colonies like Connecticut and Rhode Island, based on charters granted them; largely self-governing

• Charter Colonies

• Connecticut Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan