Building a Government

The first constitution of the 13 original United States. Proved too weak.

• Declaration of Independence

• Amendements

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

Branch of the government that interprets the laws.

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

A formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal document.

• Articles of Confederation

• Amendment

• Federal

• Compromise

A form of government in which power is distributed between a central authority and a number of constituent territorial units (states in our case).

• Constitution

• Legislative

• Militia

• Federal

The branch of the government that enforces the laws.

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

A series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts. Pointed out the weaknesses of the AOC.

• Shays Rebellion

• Philadelphia Convention

• New Jersey

• Compromise

Allowed a certain amount of each state's slave population to be counted toward the state's total population for apportioning the House of Representatives.

• Great Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• 3/5 Compromise

• Virginia Plan

A military force raised by a civilian population rather than a government.

• Federal

• Militia

• Shays Rebellion

• Executive Branch

The branch of the government that writes the law.

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

A meeting called in 1787 to amend the Articles of Confederation. They ended up writing the new Constitution.

• Amendments

• Philadelphia Convention

• Articles of Confederation

• Shays Rebellion