Constitution Vocabulary

How does Confederation help?

• offered Britain an honorable way to ease its economic and military burden

• Made money for Britain

• Offered a free education to help with military soldiers

• Established a bicameral legislature

Why did the northern states not want slaves counted in population

• the south would lose

• The north was poor

• It would give and unfair advantage for the south because the south had slaves

• The north wanted to not count there slaves in their population so it would be an unfair advantage

Representative Democracy meaning

• have people compete in activities to represent the government

• Colonists vote for representative, who then makes the laws. People vote for their leaders

• signing a petition to who makes states

Democracy meaning

• ONLY ONE person gets to VOTE on every issue

• EVERY person gets to VOTE on every law

• ONLY ONE person gets to VOTE on every issue

• EVERY person gets to VOTE on every issue

Why did the articles of confederation fail?

• Because no one knew about it

• the articles were ripped

• The central government couldn't collect taxes to fund its operations.

Northwest Ordinance

• the Northwest Ordinance established a government for the Northwest Territory

• A document that controls the north-west railroad

• Another name for house of representatives

• A northwest store

constitutional convention, what did they do there?

• May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed.

• June 16 to April 29, 1978, in Rochester, New york. The point of the event was to find a constitution

• March 20 to April 12, 1923, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The point of the event was to find right laws to press against the U.S,

Representative/ Representation

• Spokes person for nascar

• The flag

• a person chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others.

• A person chosen for the safety of people in a state

Virginia Plan

• James Madison's Virginia Plan outlined a strong State government with three branches

• James Madison's Virginia Plan outlined a strong national government with three branches

• James Madison's Virginia Plan outlined a strong national school

• James Madison's Virginia Plan outlined a weak national government with four branches

New jersey plan

• The New Jersey Plan was a proposal for the structure of the Canadian Government

• The Virginia Plan was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government

• The New Jersey Plan was a way to save money for the government

• The New Jersey Plan was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government