Lesson 8 Vocabulary

the first written plan of government for the United States. An association of states that cooperate for a common purpose.

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• Continental Convention

to agree or pledge to support someone or something

• committed

• liberal

• contradict

• dispute

a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government

• constitution

• committed

• liberal

• contradict

a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution

• Constitutional Convention

• Continental Congress

• delegates

• emissary

a difference between two statements or situations that means they cannot both be true

• contradiction

• liberal

• ratify

• republic

a strong disagreement

• dispute

• ratify

• liberal

• committed

the group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.

• Electoral College

• Constitutional Convention

• Articles of Confederation

• Great Compromise

the “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe. These thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society.

• Enlightenment

• Electoral College

• republic

• Constitutional Convention

a basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan

• framework

• ratify

• committed

• republic

Established a two-house Congress: in the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population, in the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.

• The Great Compromise

• Northwest Ordinance

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Articles of Confederation