A government run by one person or political party, with unlimited power.

A government run by a small group of people, usually the privileged elite, or upper class.

A government based on religious beliefs, or run by a religious group.

A military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force.

The 1st constitution (plan of government) of the United States.

Delegates from 12 of the 13 states met to revise the Articles of Confederation. They decided to abandon that idea, and draft a completely new plan of government.

Those that supported the U.S. Constitution and a strong central government.

Those that supported states rights, and feared that the U.S. Constitution gave too much power to the central government.

Abuse of power.

An earlier event, used as an example or model to follow.

Means that laws are fair, enforced, and apply to everyone.

Printer, inventor, writer and a Founding Father of the US; He was an ambassador to England and France, and author of the Articles of Confederation.

Leader of the Continental Army, head of the Constitutional Convention, and first elected President of the US.

4th President of the US and main author of the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Protecting the rights of small or unpopular groups, regardless of opinion, in the name of equality.

Crime against one's country.

To approve.

The larger group of the population; more than half.

Smaller groups of the population; less than half.