Anti-Federalists - People who argued against the ratification of the Constitution because it weakened states' rights, Articles of Confederation - An agreement of governance that created a bond between states for foreign affairs, but could not tax or raise an army., Bill of Rights - The name given to the first ten original amendments to the US Constitution that protect individual freedoms , Constitutional Convention - Gathering of representatives in 1787 in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation, Federalists - People who argued for the ratification of the Constitution, Individual Rights - Freedoms granted to people and protected by the government, Limited government - Idea that government should not be unrestricted in authority over individuals, Popular Sovereignty - The principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, Ratification - Process by which each state had to approve the Constitution in order to establish the federal government, Republicanism - Political philosophy that federal laws should be made by elected representatives, Separation of Powers - Constitutional provision that ensures no single branch of government has complete authority, Shay's Rebellion - 1786 revolt in Massachusetts that revealed a need for a national army, The Federalist Papers - A set of essays written in support of the ratification of the Constitution, The Great Compromise - An agreement between the states that created two houses of Congress: The Senate and House of Representatives, 3/5 Compromise - An agreement that states could count their slaves as a fraction for representation and taxation.,

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