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Gov vocab 2.2

TermDefinition
Thomas Jefferson Joined the Virginia delegation in June of 1775; The declaration of independence was very largely the work of Jefferson.
George Washington Delegate from Virginia at the first continental Congress
Roger Sherman Delegate from Connecticut at the First Continental Congress
John Locke Enlightenment thinker Whose ideas of natural rights in the social contract theory inspired Thomas Jefferson in much of his writing in the declaration
James Wilson Delegate from Pennsylvania at the first Continental Congress.
Confederation Are you joining of several groups for a common purpose.
Delegates
Representative; members of Congress who cast votes based on the wishes of their constituents.
Article of Confederation Plan for government adopted by the Continental Congress after the American revolution; established "a firm league of friendship" among the state, but allowed you important powers to the central government.
Ratification Formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution ,constitutional amendment, or treaty.
Full faith and credit Constitutions requirement that each state except the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
Shays' Rebellion The most spectacular act of violence contributed to the weaknesses of the articles of confederation that broke out played out here in western Massachusetts in a series of incidents in the 1780s
Daniel Shays Had served as an officer in the war of independence, led an armed uprising that force several state judges to close their courts.
Alexander Hamilton A delegate from New York, together with James Madison, pursued the state to meet for the purpose of revising the articles of Confederation.
James Madison A delegate from Virginia, together with Alexander Hamilton, pursued the state to meet for the purpose of revising the articles of Confederation.
Farmers Group of delegates who drafted the United States Constitution at the Philadelphia convention in 1787.
Virginia plan Plan presented by delegates from Virginia at the constitution convention; called for a three branch government with a bicameral legislature in which each state's membership would be determined by its population or it financial support for the central gove
New Jersey plan When presented as an alternative to the Virginia plan at the Constitutional convention; called for A unicameral legislator in which each state would be equally represented.
Three –Fifths compromise An Agreement at the Constitutional Convention to count a slave as 3/5 of a person when determining the population of a state
Commerce and slave trade compromise An agreement during the Constitutional convention protecting slaveholders; denied Congress the power to tax the export of goods from any state, and for 20 years, the power to act on the slave trade
Federalist Those person who supported the ratification of the Constitution in 1787 through 1788
Anti-Federalist Those persons who oppose the ratification of the Constitution in 1787 through 1788
Quorum Least number of members who must be presented for a legislative body to conduct the business; majority
Veto Chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature; literally "I forbid"
George mason A planter from Virginia who authored Virginia's declaration of rights; he was concerned with the absence of a declaration of rights in the U.S. Constitution and a post it because he believed it did not give enough attention to citizens' rights
Charles de Montesquieu Great thinker of the enlightenment; believe in the separation of powers
Jean Jacques Rousseau French philosopher of the enlightenment; social contract theory
William Blackstone Great thinker of the enlightenment; believed strongly in "common law"
Connecticut compromise An agreement during the Constitutional convention that Congress should be composed of a Senate, in which states would be represented equally, and a house, in which representation would be based on a state's population
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