The _______ protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the U.S. Bill of Rights

  (French) - separation of powers and three branches

(English) – unalienable rights

(English) – “natural rights” and Bill of Rights

The _______ was our first national government with one branch (legislative). The states had most of the power. It was replaced by the U.S. Constitution in 1787.

The _______ established the procedures for the expansion of the United States and explained that new states were admitted to the Union equal to existing states.

A ____ is a tax on imported goods (goods brought into a country) designed to protect home industries.

_________ highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and convinced many founders of the need for a stronger national government

The ________ created a bi-cameral (two-house) legislature we call Congress. Representation in the House of Representatives is based on population. In the Senate each state gets two senators.

The ________ settled the issue of how slaves would count for representation and taxation in Congress. Each slave would count as 3/5 of a person.

________ is a system set up by the Constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to check, or control, the actions of the other branches.

_____: system in which each branch of government has its own powers.

______is a system of representative government in which voters elect representatives to make

laws for them.

______is the sharing of power between the states and the national government

_____were supporters of the Constitution who favored a strong national government and the

Bank of the United States.

were people opposed to the Constitution, preferring more power be given to the state

governments than to the national government. Against the Bank of the U.S., Thomas Jefferson and

George Mason were leading Anti-Federalists.

The ________: a series of essays written by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton

defended the Constitution and the principles on which the government of the United States was

founded.

The ____ makes the laws

The ____ enforces the laws

The ____

interprets the meaning of the laws.

______: system of limited government where elected officials represent the people and

must govern according to the laws of the Constitution

The ______ (our written plan of government), was created in Philadelphia in ____. It provides a

strong national government with power balanced between the three branches

______ is called the “________”