What are the three branches of government?
Legislative,executive,and judicial
What does veto mean?
To deny or refuse
What is shays rebellion?
A fight back to the rich
What are three powers?
Congress has power to tax ,congress has power to raise an army , congress has power to regulate trade
What dose debt mean?
Money owed
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
One of thr few men to sign the constitution
What are the two houses of congress?
House of representatives and senata
What had no power to tax?
Congress
Which weaknes of the articles if conferation was addressed by the constitution?
The lack of a nationalgovernment the power to rais an army
What did the articles conferation not have?
They had no excutive and judicial
What does the legislative branch do?
Makes the law
Who created the the supreme court?
The constitution
What is separation of powers?
When the government splits into three branches
How did the u.s. constitution solve a problem created by a weakness of the articlesof conferation?
It gave the national government the power to raisean army
What had no power to enforce its law ?
Congress
What does the executive branch do?
Enforces laws
What does impeach mean?
To fire someone
What was the magma carta?
What documents forced on king john of England
Why did the member of the constitutional convention decide to create a national government with three seperate branches?
This structurewould prevent any one branch of government from becoming to strong
What was the signficance of the may flower compact?
It introduced colonialsekf government
What does the judicial branch do?
Interpretsand applies the law
What does a bill have to do to be a law?
Has to be sign by the president
What are three weakness?
No power to tax,no power to raise its army , no power to regulate trade
Who published the common sense?
Thomas paine
What is a natural right?
The right to pursue happiness