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a minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation
a member of the group that opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. This person was against a strong national government.
was an agreement among all thirteen original states in the United States of America that served as its first constitution.
(of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers
to make a deal where one person gives up part of his or her demand
a set of rules that guides how a country, state, or other political organization works
assembly, conference, convocation name meetings for particular purposes
the supporters of the newly written Constitution, who emphasized the federal character, or strong central government, of the proposed union
a member of the convention that drew up the US Constitution in 1787
one of the drafters of the US Constitution
to give legal approval to (as by a vote)