vocab topic 2 Flashcards
Virginia plan
The plan of creating a supreme national government with 3 branches
articles of confederation
Agreement between the og 13 states, served as first constitution
declaration of independence
The pronouncement adopted by the second congress meeting in Philadelphia, PA on July 4, 1776
second continental congress
A meeting between the delegates from the 13 colonies in American that united in the American Revolutionary war
checks & balances
The act of being able to check on other branches of government to assure equal power
federal system
Divides the government power between the state & local governments
supremacy clause
Establishes that the constitution, federal laws made to pursuant it, “supreme law of the land”
bill of rights
Added the first 10 amendments to the u.s constitution
new jersey plan
A plan that protects other smaller states interests & doesn’t let the larger states ideas
