Creating the Constitution

constitution

• a statement of independence from a colonial power

• a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government

• an agreement between two nations at the end of a conflict

• an informal agreement between two groups of people concerning a land boundary

President of the Constitutional Convention

• James Madison

• Ben Franklin

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

• President of the Constitutional Convention

• "Father of the Constitution"

• founder of the Federalist Party

• leader of the resistance to the new Constitution

electoral college

• a university established by the constitutional convention to educate political candidates

• group of electors, chosen by state governors, that votes for president

• name given to delegates to the Constitutional Convention

• group of electors, chosen by each state based on population, that votes for president

ratify

• to formally approve a plan or an agreement

• to edit a legal document based on the Constitution

• to protest the adoption of a new

  Constitution

• to come to agreement with a person in opposition

a country governed by elected representatives

• theocracy

• nation-state

• commonwealth

• republic

Americans who supported ratification of the Constitution were called...

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Constitutionalists

• Constructionists

People who were against ratification of the Constitution because they thought it gave too much power to the central government were called...

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Non-Constitutionalists

• Confederationists

Federalism

• Power is divided between three branches of government

• Power is concentrated in the executive branch

• Power is concentrated in the central government

• Power is shared between states and the central government

delegate

• a person sent to represent others

• a person given power in the federal government

• a person chosen to speak about an issue in a convention

• a person who is a member of a political party