Ruled by the people through elected representatives

Without a leader or no government

Citizens elect representatives; a king or queen is given limited power by a constitution

Citizens participate in all decisions for the country; all people are members of the government

The document that created the first central government for the United States.

A plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation of the states rather than representation by the population.

U.S. system of government in which power is distributed between a central government and individual states

An agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention establishing that a state’s population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house of the legislature

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution; ratified in 1791

The plan for the government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in which the national government would have supreme power and bicameral legislative branch with representation determined by state population.

an agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention stating that only three-fifths of the slaves in a state would count when determining a state’s population for representation in the lower house of Congress

A series of essays that defended and explained the Constitution and tried to reassure Americans that the states would not be overpowered by the proposed national government

Ruled by a few; based on race, religion, military control or money.

Ruled by religious law, where God or another divine being is the ultimate authority.