a single chamber legislature

Two chamber legislature

agreement to count three-fifths of a state’s slave population towards representation

established that the power to regulate foreign and interstate

states that no government is all-powerful and can only do those things that the people have given it power to do

outlined the government structure following independence

favored ratification of the Constitution

holds that a government & its’ officers are subject to the law and not above the law

method of distributing power where power is divided among the national, or central, government, and regional governments, such as states and cities

means that the people are sovereign and have all of the political power

opposed the new Constitution; argued for the Bill of Rights

Each state has two representatives

Branch of government responsible for passing laws

Representation is based on population

President is the head of the executive branch

More than 80 essays written defending the Constitution

A change to the constitution

First 10 amendments

"Shall be the supreme Law of the Land"