Constitutional Convention, a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution, Articles of Confederation, the first written plan of government for the United States., Republic, a country governed by elected representatives, Enlightenment, the "Age of Reason" in the 17th and 18th century Europe. _____________ thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society, Constitution, a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government, Northwest Ordinance, a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed, Electoral College, the group established by the Constitution eto elect the president and vice presidents. Voters in each state choose their electors, Ratify, to formally approve a plan or an agreement., Great Comprimise, the plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representtives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by 2 senators, Three-Fifths Comprimise, an agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state's population for representation in the House of Representatives, The Federalists Papers, a series of essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of the ratification of the Constitution by the states, Northwest Territory, a region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783, Confederation, A _____________ is an association of states that cooperate for a common purpose., Ratification, The process of approval is called ___________

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