Creating the Constitution Vocab.

FIRST written plan of government for the U.S.

• Articles of Confederation

• liberal

• republic

• Constitution

an alliance of states

• Confederation

• Constitution

• republic

• ratify

a meeting at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution

• delegate

• The Federalist Papers

• liberal

• Constitutional Convention

a person who is chosen or elected to represent a person or group

• delegate

• Constitutional Convention

• ratify

• liberal

a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government

• Constitution

• Constitutional Convention

• Articles of Confederation

• The Federalist Papers

a basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan

• liberal

• ratify

• republic

• framework

supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress

• delegate

• republic

• liberal

• ratify

to approve

• republic

• ratify

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

a country governed by elected representatives

• republic

• liberal

• framework

• Confederation

essays written in support of the ratification of the Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• The Federalist Papers

• liberal