Chapter7 Flashcards
1)A change or addition to the Constitution.
Amendments
2)a two house congress
Bicameral
3)a balance of power between the different branches of government
Checks and balances
4)a close alliance of states
Confederation
5)the representatives who elect the president.
Electoral college
6)the division of power between the national and state levels of government
Federalism
7)official restrictions on the power of a government.
Limited government
8)belief that the ultimate source of governmental power is vested in the people
Popular sovereignty
9)the division of government into branches
Separations of power
10)a one house congress
Unicameral
11)an effort to settle trade disputes between the colonies.
Annapolis Convention(not successed)
12)the first document to unite the American colonies under one government
Articles of the Confederation
13)an effort to solve the weaknesses of the confederation
Constitutional convention(1787)
14)a collection of essay supporting the Constitution
The Federalist
15)the division of the Northwest into townships for sale and development.
Land ordinance of 1785
16)an effort by military officers to force congress to pay their salaries and pensions
Newburgh Conspiracy
17)the creation of a three-stage plan to create states out of the Northwest territory.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
18)a proposal to create ten equal states in the Northwest,to ban slavery,and to give away land to settlers.
Ordinance of 1784
19)an effort by farmers to protect their lands from their creditors.
Shay’s Rebellion
20)the official recognition of America’s independence.
Treaty of Paris