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constitution

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Domestic Tranquility Peace at home
Posterity All future generations of people
Annapolis Convention meeting in 1786, 12 delegates from five states (New jersey,New York, Pennsylvania,Delaware, and virginina)
Slavery A system under which people are treated as property to be brought and sold, and are forced to work
constitution convention May 25th to September 17th, 1787, in Philadelphia, to address problems in governing the United States of America
Jame Madison American statesman: political theorist and the fourth President of the United States: drafted constitution
New Jersey Plan Plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan: one-vote-per-state: presented by William Paterson
Virginia Plan Proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch:James Madison drafted
Proportional Representation The number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received
Great Compromise Connecticut Compromise: an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787
Three- fifths Compromise Compromise reached between delegates from Southern states and those from northern states: slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person when voting
Equal Representation The principal that each vote must have equal value and election districts must have equal populations
Ratify sign or give formal consent to making it officially valid
Roger Sherman American lawyer and politician: as well as Founding Father of the United States
Suffrage The right to vote gained through the democratic process
Federalism Division of power between State and National Governments
Popular Sovereignty The ability for a country to control its own affairs
Separation of Power No branch hold too much power
bill Law put before a legislature
Veto Unilaterally stop an official action
Override Procedure employed by legislatures: a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate
Checks and balances No one branch could vote something in without the other two given their option
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