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A series of eighty-five essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in the late 1780s to persuade the voters of New York to adopt the Constitution.

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Anti-Federalism refers to a movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.

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a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.

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The Three-Fifths Compromise outlined the process for states to count slaves as part of the population in order to determine representation and taxation for the federal government.

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an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787

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a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787.

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proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch.

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the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.

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the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.

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part of the seven principle, that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power.

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an organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league.

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A seventeenth-century English philosopher.Locke argued against the belief that human beings are born with certain ideas already in their minds.

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English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings

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was a French philosopher and writer of the Age of Enlightenment. His Political Philosophy, particularly his formulation of social contract theory

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French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)

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He was a leading figure of the Enlightenment, and frequently came into conflict with the Establishment as a result of his radical views and satirical writings.

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(of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers.

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British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties

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a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.

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An electoral system where citizens vote to elect people to represent their interests and concerns.

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confined within limits; restricted or circumscribed: alimited space; limited resources.

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an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.

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a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.

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a system of government by one person with absolute power.

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absolute authority in any sphere. Government by a dictator.

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a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

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an agreement between separate bodies to cooperate with each other. The European alliance could be called a confederation, while the United States is a federation.

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the federal principle or system of government.

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a system of political organization with a central supreme government which holds the authority over and makes the decisions for subordinate local governments.