US Government

The first plan of government for the US was the

• US constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Mayflower Compact

• Articles of Confederation

A meeting of delegates who met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1787 where they replaced the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution.

• Constitutional Convention

• 1st Continental Congress

• 2nd Continental Congress

This gives each branch of government the power to limit the power of the other branches.

• federalism

• checks and balances

• political parties

When the governing powers are shared between the national government and the states

• checks and balances

• federalism

• Virginia Plan

Division of powers between the 3 branches of government

• separation of powers

• Great Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

Said that the larger states should have more representatives than the smaller states and that Congress should have greater power than the states.

• New Jersey Plan

• Bill of Rights

• Virginia Plan

• preamble

Said that all states should have equal number of representatives in Congress

• New Jersey plan

• Virginia plan

• Bill of Rights

• Preamble

to refuse to sign a law

• compromise

• ratify

• veto

What did the 3/5 compromise state?

• All states will have same number of representatives.

• Large states should have more representatives.

• only 3/5 of slaves would be counted as population for representatives

Branch of government that makes laws

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial