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Term | Definition |
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constitution | A detailed plan written for the goverment |
bicameral | a legislature consisting of two parts or houses |
confederation | a group of individuals or state goverment |
ratify | to vote approval of |
constitutional convention | meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of new constitution |
great compromise | a agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation |
three-fifths compromise | a agreement providing the enslaved would count as three-fifths of the people in representation of the congress |
electoral college | a groip of people named bu each tate legeslature to select the presedent & vice presedent |
federalist | supporters of the consitution |
federalism | a form of goverment in which power is divided between the federalists natural goverment and the states |