Unit 2A Review (Founding Documents)

The proposal at the Constitutional Convention calling for equal representation in each state:

• Virginian Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut Plan (The Great Compromise)

• 3/5 Compromise

Proposal at the Constitutional Convention calling for representation based on state populations:

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut Plan (The Great Compromise)

• 3/5 Compromise

Rights inherent in human beings (life, liberty, and property)

• Individual Rights

• Inherent Rights

• Natural Rights

• Government-given Rights

A form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws.

• Communism

• Direct Democracy

• Federalism

• Republic

Features of the Constitution that limit government's power by requiring that power be balanced.

• Limited Constitution

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

Freedoms granted to people and protected by the government

• Individual Rights

• The First Amendment

• Popular Sovereignty

• Republicanism

Agreement of governance between states for foreign affairs, but could not tax or raise an army

• Bill of Rights

• US Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Albany Plan of Union

Opening statement of the Constitution that sets its purpose

• Elastic Clause

• Separation of Powers

• Preamble

• Grievances

Process by which each state had to approve the Constitution to establish the federal government

• Ratification

• Persuasion

• Boycott

• Civil Disobedience

Gathering of representatives in 1787 in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation

• Continental Congress

• Presidential Inauguration

• Constitutional Convention

• The XYZ Affair