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the document that created the first central government for the United States
held in Philadelphia's Hall to improve the Articles of Confederation
president of the convection
a plan in which the national government would have supreme power and a legislative branch would have supreme power and a legislative branch would have two houses with representation determined by state population
a proposal to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation of states rather than representation by population
an agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention establishing that a state's population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house of the legislature
an agreement that stated that only three-fifths of the slave population would count when determining a state's population for representation in the lower house of Congress
an idea that political authority belongs to the people
the division of the government that proposes bills and passes them into laws
the division of the government that includes the president and the administrative departments; enforces the nation's laws
the division of government that is made up of the national courts; interprets laws, punishes criminals, and settles disputes between states
a system established by the Constitution that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful
power is distributed a central government and individual states
a tax on imports or exports
a set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government
official approval
trade between two or more states
increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
a steep drop in economic activity combined with raising unemployment
he proposed the Great Compromise