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7th SS -Constitution
Constitution: Constitutional Convention
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sons of Liberty | patriotic terrorist group |
| First Continental Congress | 12 of 13 colonies present; sent a letter to the King asking him to stop; embargo was imposed on British goods |
| Second Continental Congress | takes on role of a government during American Revolution; each colony represented; formed an army and navy; issued money |
| George Washington | elected as commander of the Continental Army; elected president of the Constitutional Convention |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| July 4, 1776 | date when the Declaration of Independence was written |
| Articles of Confederation | first attempt at a national government; written at the Second Continental Congress; very weak and did not work |
| Shay's Rebellion | former soldiers who came back as farmers after the war, rebelled against the courts who were taking away their farms |
| delegate | a person sent to a meeting to represent interests of a state |
| James Madison | nicknamed the "Father of the Constitution" and who also proposed the Virginia Plan |
| Virginia Plan | bicameral legislature that was based on population, and favored large states |
| William Paterson | person who proposed the New Jersey Plan |
| New Jersey Plan | unicameral legislature that was based on equal representation, and favored small states |
| Roger Sherman | person who proposed the Great Compromise |
| Great Compromise | bicameral legislature that established the House of Representatives based on population and a Senate based on equal representation |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | compromise between North and South representatives that stated enslaved African Americans would count as 3/5 of a person towards representation and taxation |
| Electoral College | system by which the president is decided through electors |
| democracy | government by the people exercised by elected representatives |
| federalists | people that supported ratification of the Constitution |
| Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison | famous federalists who supported ratification of the Constitution |
| Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, John Hancock | famous anti-federalists who opposed due to a lack of a Bill of Rights |
| Bill of Rights | first 10 amendments of the Constitution which safeguard the rights of the people |
| Preamble | introductory paragraph to the Constitution that lists 6 goals |
| 3 branches of government | legislative, executive, and judicial |
| Constitutional Convention | meeting of 12 out of 13 colonies that came together with the original intent to correct the faults of the Articles of Confederation; instead the delegates decided to write an entirely new document which resulted in the Constitution of the United States |
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