Chapter 6 Identification Flashcards
written constitution that stated as law what the Continental Congress was already doing in fact
Articles of Confederation
chief American negotiator of the Peace Paris
John Jay
formally ended the War for American Indepence
Treaty of Paris
provided a way to govern lands bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and the great Lakes while they were growing from territory to statehood
Northwest Ordinance
marked the 1st time an American court ruled a law unconstitutional
Trevett v. Weeden
Lent prestige to the Constitutional Convention because of his long and distinguished career
Benjamin Franklin
presided over the Constitutional Convention
George Washington
did most of the writing among the younger men of the Constitutional Convention
James Madison
delagates had been authorized by their state legislatures only to try to patch up the Articles of Confederation but they delegates elected a chairman and drafted the US Constitution
Constitutional Convention
feeling of national identity and pride
Nationalism
resolved the differences between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
Great Compromise
compromise that allowed slaves to be counted in determining the number of representatives a state could have in Congress
Three-fifths Compromise
Branch of government charged with carrying out laws
Executive branch
Law making branch of government
Legislative branch
Branch of government charged with interpreting and enforcing laws
Judicial branch
System of which each branch of the federal government
Checks and balances
state conventions to ratify the constitution
Ratifying Conventions
idea that the US government has certain powers and state governments have certian other powers
Federalism
Co-author of the Federalist Papers; he led the Federalists at the New York ratifying convention
Alexander Hamilton
series of newspaper articles that explained and defended the new constitution
Federalist Papers
