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Set #6
Confederation to Constitution
Term | Definition |
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Articles of Confederation | America's first written constitution |
constitution | a written document that outlines a country's government |
Constitutional Convention | original intent was to revise A.O.C. but a new constitution was written |
Great Compromise | established a bicameral legislature; and each state having 2 Senators and number of members of the House of Representative being bases on state's population |
Three-Fifths Compromise | North and South agree that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for voting and taxes |
levy | impose |
ratify | public approval |
confederation | a loose organization of the states with a weak central government and powerful state governments |