3rd KEY TERMS TEST DEFINITIONS:

GALLOWAY PLAN OF UNION: IDEA OF HAVING AN AMERICAN PARLIAMENT THAT COULD

WORK WITH THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
SUFFOLK RESOLVES: DENOUNCED THE INTOLERABLE ACTS; WERE ALSO DELIVERED BY
PAUL REVERE.
THE ASSOCIATION: WAS MAINLY TO OVERSEE THE BOYCOTT PROGRESS AND MADE SURE
EVERYONE COMPLIED.
LEXINGTON AND CONCORD: FIRST MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY
WAR.
JOHN HANCOCK: PRESIDENT OF THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, FIRST
GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, AND FIRST TO SIGN DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE.
MINUTE MEN: MILITARY PERSONELL THAT COULD BE READY TO FIGHT IN A MOMENTS
NOTICE.
MARY KATHERINE GODDARD: FIRST PERSON TO PRINT THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE.
CONFEDERATION: GROUPS AND ARMIES OF THE SOUTHERN COLONIES.
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION: FIRST GOVERNING DOCUMENT, OR CONSTITUTION, OF
THE UNITED STATES.
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE: CREATED THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY, WHICH ENABLED THE
UNITED SATES TO EXPAND WESTWARD.
REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT: IDEA TO HAVE A STRONG CENTRALIZED
GOVERNMENT.
BILL OF RIGHTS: STATES THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES THAT EACH PERSON HAS.
ANNAPOLIS CONVENTION: MEETING TO REMEDY THE DEFECTS OF LIMITED TRADE AND
COMMERCE THAT DEVELOPED UNDER THE ARTICLES OF
CONFEDERATION.
VIRGINIA PLAN: IDEA FOR POPULATION-RELATED REPRESENTATION AND WANTED TWO
HOUSES IN CONGRESS.
NEW JERSEY PLAN: WANTED ONLY ONE HOUSE IN CONGRESS AND REJECTED THE IDA OF
POPULATION BASED REPRESENTATION.

3/5 COMPROMISE: COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH THAT 3 OUT OF
EVERY 5 SLAVES WOULD BE COUNTED TOWARD THE OVERALL STATES
POPULATION.
EXECUTIVE BRANCH: PRESIDENT (FOUR YEAR TERM, BORN CITIZEN, ELECTORAL
COLLEGE)
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH: BICAMERAL (HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DIRECT ELECTION /
SENATE INDIRECT ELECTION)
JUDICIAL BRANCH: PROTECT RIGHTS & LIBERTIES GUARANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTION
(JUDGES APPOINTED FOR LIFE)
ELECTORAL COLLEGE: SET OF ELECTORS WHO ARE EMPOWERED TO ELECT A CANDIDATE
TO A PARTICULAR OFFICE.
FEDERALISTS PAPERS: PAPERS WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON, JOHN JAY, AND
JAMES MADISON IN ATTEMPT TO HELP THE CONSTITUTION GET RATIFIED.
ANTI-FEDERALISTS: SUPPORT A STRONG STATE GOVERNMENT (SMALL FARMERS, SMALL
LANDOWNERS, DEBTORS)
STRICT CONSTRUCTION OF CONSTITUTION: FOLLOWING EXACTLY WHAT THE
CONSTITUTION STATES AND NOT INTERPRETING ITS
MEANING.
NECESSARY AND PROPER CLAUSE: CLAUSE IN CONSTITUTION MEANING SOMETHING
MAY BE DONE IF IT IS NECESSARY AND HELPFUL TO THE
PEOPLE.
JUDICIAL REVIEW: GIVES THE RIGHT OF THE JUDGES TO DECIDE WHETHER A LAW IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
CONGRESSIONAL CAUCAS: GROUP OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS
THAT MEETS TO PURSUE COMMON LEGISLATIVE OBJECTIVES.
ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS: DESCRIBES A PERIOD IN UNITED STATES POLITLICAL
HISTORY IN WHICH PARTISAN BITTERNESS ABATED (PHRASE WAS
COINED BY BENJAMIN RUSSELL)
MARTIN VAN BUREN: WAS THE EIGHTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND SERVED
AS SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER ANDREW JACKSON. WAS ALSO A KEY
ORGANIZER F THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (DOMINANT FIGURE IN THE
SECOND PARTY SYSTEM)
MANDATE: TO MAKE MANDATORY; TO ASSIGN AUTHORITY TO; THE COMMISION THAT IS
GIVEN TO A GOVERNMENT AND ITS POLICIES THROUGH AN ELECTORAL VICTORY.
FACTION: JEFFERSONS FACTION (JEFFERSONIANS) DEVELOPED FROM THE GROUP OF
ANTI-FEDERALISTS WHO HAD AGITATED IN FAVOUR OF THE ADDITION OF A BILL OF
RIGHTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.