1. An alliance of independent states.

The body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures and processes of a government.

A body of people living in a defined territory, organized politically and with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority.

Those in favor of ratification of the Constitution

The first plan presented at the Constitutional Convention, it called for a new government with three separate branches: Legislative, Executive and Judicial.  The Legislature would be bi-cameral. Representation was to be based on the states population or the amount of money it gave for a central government.

The small state plan for government presented at the Constitutional Convention, it kept the unicameral Congress of the Confederation with each state equally represented regardless of size.  To the powers the Congress already had, the plan added closely limited powers to tax and to regulate trade between the states. It also called for a federal executive of more than one person.

Presented to the Constitutional Convention, it proposed that the Senate would be represented equally among the states no matter the size and the House of Representatives would be based on population.  This resolved the dispute among the small and larger states about fair representation

The year the Constitution was written.

The Introduction to the Constitution. 

A changes in the Constitutions written words.

The “Supreme Law of the Land”.

The legislative branch of our federal government.

The number of members of the Senate is:

The number of members of the House of Representatives is:

The number of terms a member of Congress can serve. 

Meaning made up for 2 houses.

A Natural Born Citizen is someone who:

If the President dies, resigns or is removed from office by impeachment, this person becomes President.

The maximum number of years that a person can serve as President is:

To win the Presidential Election, a candidate needs to have more than this many electoral votes.

The President is the leader of the nation’s armed forces.

The seven numbered sections of the Constitution are called this. 

The Connecticut Compromise was also called this because it ended the dispute and led to the successful writing of the Constitution.

In this type of government, supreme authority rests with the people.