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2nd American Revolut
Social Studies-8th
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Federalist | Wholly supported the Constitution |
| Anti-Federalist | Wanted to change part of the Constitution |
| bicameral | Legislature made up of two houses |
| Articles of Confederation | the document that prescribed the first government of the United States. |
| Constitution | the document that laid out the structure of the U.S. government; has endured for over two hundred years; supreme law of the land |
| Executive Branch | The branch of government that carries out the laws |
| Judicial Branch | The branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly |
| Legislative Branch | The branch of government that makes laws |
| representative | a person that speaks on behalf of a person or a group of people |
| compromise | a settlement where each side gives up some of its demands |
| Commander-in-Chief | supreme leader; head of the executive branch |
| Federalism | The type of government where power is divided between the national and state governments |
| veto | reject |
| confederation | A type of government where individual states have more power than the national government; the first form of U.S. government |
| tariffs | taxes or duties paid on a specific import or export |
| James Madison | a delegate of Virginia and was responsible for getting other state delegates to attend the Constitutional Convention |
| Annapolis Convention | was a meeting called to discuss rules governing international and domestic trade; nothing was accomplished aside from agreeing to have another convention in Philadelphia |
| Senate | to run, you must be 30 years old and a citizen for 9 years |
| Vice President | the leader of Congress |
| Alexander Hamilton | proposed the Constitutional Convention; eventually served as Secretary of the Treasury |
| Bill of Rights | the document that affords the U.S. citizens their basic rights |
| George Washington | was the "president" of the Constitutional Convention |
| impeach | to bring formal charges against a government official like the President |
| Shays' Rebellion | an uprising of farmers in western Massachusetts protesting high tariffs |
| The Virginia Plan | proposed a bicameral legislature; wanted the number of representatives based on population, wanted strong national government with three different branches |
| The New Jersey Plan | proposed a unicameral legislature; equal amount of representatives; also called for three branches of government |
| Northwest Ordinance | provided that 3 to 5 new states would be created out of the area of land west of the original colonies but east of the Mississippi River; also abolished slavery before the states were ever created. |
| vested | secured interest; an interest of great importance to a person or group of people |
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