Unit 4 Vocab

Constitution

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A written plan for how a government should work. This document that created a stronger federal government when the first government was not strong enough to deal with the problems that the new United States faced

This was a plan made by James Madison during the Constitutional Convention that said that the number of representatives that make our laws should be based on how many people are in the state.

Legislature or Legislative Branch

This is a group of representatives who make laws for the country.

Introduction that tells why something was made

Great Compromise

This was a plan put forward by Connecticut it proposed a two house law making body. One house would have an equal number of representatives from each state and the house would include one representative for each 30,000 people.

New Jersey Plan

This plan was made by William Paterson that said the number of representative would be the same for each state

Federal government

The government that controls the whole country

national government

The government that controls the whole country

Articles of Confederation

This is the document that created the first federal government in the United States. It created a weak national government because the states were afraid of the government having too much power.

Declaration of Independence

Document signed by Thomas Jefferson and signed by the 2nd continental congress on July 4th 1776. It told King George that the 13 colonies were their own country now.