The Bill of Rights and Ratification

Chapter 5 Section 3 & 4

Ratification

• Making something valid by formally approving or confirming it.

Federalist

• Members of the Constitutional Convention who supported the new Government / Federalism.

• Some important Federalist were: George Washington, John Adams, John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton

Anti-Federalist• Members of the Constitutional Convention

who did not approve of the new government. Many of them feared that the new Federal Government would be too powerful.

• Some important Anti-Federalist were: Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and George Clinton.

Federalist Papers• The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles

and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.

Checks and Balances

• A system in which the different parts of an organization (such as a government) have powers that affect and control the other parts so that no part can become too powerful.

The Bill of Rights

• The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, added in 1791 to protect certain rights of citizens.