Legislative Branch - The part of the government that makes laws, Preamble - The introduction to the Constitution that begins with “We the People.”, ratification - The process of approving something, especially a legal document like the Constitution, Senate - One part of Congress where each state has two representatives, no matter its size., dictatorship - a form of government characterized by the rule of one person or a small group of people who have no checks and balances on their power, Virginia Plan - The plan of the Continental Convention that called for a strong national government with three branches and a two-chamber legislature, New Jersey Plan - The plan at the Constitutional Convention favored by smaller states, that called for three branches of government with a single-chamber legislature, Three-Fifths Compromise - an agreement at the Constitutional Convention where enslaved people were counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state's population for representation in Congress, republic - A system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them, Magna Carta - A British document signed in 1215 that contained two basic ideas: monarchs themselves have to obey laws and citizens have basic rights., separation of powers - A principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches,

Constitution Vocab 2

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