They make the laws and are divided into two parts

They carry out the laws made by Congress. The President is the head of this branch.

They decide the laws and whether they have been followed. Headed by the Supreme Court.

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution, it lists many of the individual rights the U.S. government promises to protect

This protest led to farmers revolting because they were losing their farms because they could not pay their taxes.

An early plan of government in which the state’s share with the central government. It gave the states more power.

The land that the U.S. won after the Revolution.

A document started by the small states that would give them as much power as the larger states.

Called for a federal system in which the national government had three parts. It was supported by larger states

Roger Sherman’s suggestion of dividing Congress into two parts so that larger and smaller states could both agree.

He was the main writer of the Constitution and helped write the Bill of Rights and was the 4th President of the United States.

He was a framer of the Constitution and helped forge the Great Compromise in which our legislature would have two parts. The Bill of Rights were important to him.

Supporters of the Constitution were called this.

People who opposed the new Constitution were called this.

A leader of the Constitutional Convention and helped with the writing of the Constitution.

States that people have the freedom of speech, religion and expression.

States that people have the right to bear arms.

States that people do not have to quarter soldiers in their home.

States that police cannot search people or their homes without good reason.

States that people accused of a crime have the right to a fair trial. They cannot be tried more than once for the same crime.

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