Vocab Easy
Monarchy
what is Form of government with a monarch at the head.
Bill Of Rights
What is the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
Northwest Ordinance
What is a law that chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.
Strength 1
What is Congress could declare war, and start an army and navy.
Weakness 1
What is They had no power to draft soldiers
Oligarchy
What is a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
Ratify
What is to sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.
Land Ordinance
What is a law that laid out the process by which lands west of the Appalachian Mountains were to be surveyed and sold.
Stregnth 2
What is They could make peace and sign treaties.
Weakness 2
What is They had no power to enforce treaties.
Anarchy
What is a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority or other controlling systems.
Executive
What is having the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect
Daniel Shays
What is Shays' Rebellion was primarily fueled by economic hardship faced by farmers in Massachusetts, who were struggling with debts and high taxes after the American Revolution.
Democracy
What is a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Legislative
What is having the power to make laws.
Abolition
What is the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
Confederation
What is an organization which consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league.
Judicial
What is of, by, or appropriate to a court or judge.
Delagate
What is A person acting for another such as: a representative.