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9th ch. 3 civcs
9th grade chapter 2 vocabulary civics
Term | Definition |
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three fifths compromise | provided that all free persons of color should be counted, and so, too, should three fifths of all other persons |
bundle of compromise | The constitution drafted at Philadelphia |
federlists | who favored ratification |
anti-federalists | who opposed ratification |
quorum | majority |
ratification | formal approval |
presiding officer | chair |
framers | the group of delegates who attended the Philadelphia convention |
virginia plan | new government with three separate branches legislative, executive, judical |
new jersey plan | retained the unicameral congress of the confederation with each of the states represented equally |
albany plan of union | meeting of 7 of the northern colonies |
delegate | a person sent or authorized to represent others |
boycott | to withdraw from participation, as a protest |
repeal | to cancel a law or void legislation |
popular sovereignty | government can exist only with the consent of the governed |
unicameral | having one legislative branch |
royal colonies | we're subject to the direct control of the crown |
proprietary colonies | organized by a proprietor |
charter colonies | based on charters granted in 1662 and 1663 respectively to the colonies themselves |
confederation | the joining of several states |