Vocabulary 1
A TWO CHAMBER LEGISLATURE
BICAMERAL
A FORMALLY CONCLUDED AND RATIFIED AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES
TREATY
PREAMBLE - HUMAN RIGHTS - GRIEVANCES - CONCLUSION
THE FOUR BASIC PARTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION EACH STATE HAD _____________________.
SIGNIFICANT INDEPENDENCE
STATED THAT SOCIETY WAS CREATED BY A SOCIAL CONTRACT
LEVIATHAN
MEETING OF DELEGATES TO BEGIN THE TASK OF DRAFTING THE CONSTITUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
COMBINING ASPECTS OF THE VIRGINIA PLAN AND THE NEW JERSEY PLAN RESULTING IN A BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE
CONNECTICUT COMPROMISE
INCREASED TAXES + ECONOMIC DEPRESSION + BAD HARVEST =
SHAYS REBELLION
A LOOSE CONNECTION OF STATES REFERRED TO AS A LEAGUE OF FRIENDSHIP WITH A WEAK CENTRAL GOVERNEMENT
MONEY A GOVERNMENT COLLECTS FROM TAXES OR OTHER SOURCES
REVENUE
A GOD-GIVEN RIGHT THAT CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY
INALIENABLE
WRITINGS THAT SUPPORTED THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION
FEDERALIST PAPERS
ORGANIZATION OF GROUPS TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER AND URGE RESISTANCE TO THE BRITISH
COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE
THIS EVENT CAUSED CONGRESS TO DISCUSS REVISING THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION TO HELP REGULATE TRADE AND MAKE THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT MORE EFFECTIVE
SHAYS REBELLION
PEOPLE WHO WERE CONCERNED THAT THE CONSTITUTION GAVE TOO MUCH POWER TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ANTI-FEDERALISTS
IMPOSED AN EMBARGO ON BRITAIN
FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
A GOVERNMENT IN WHICH CITIZENS ELECT DELEGATES
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
UNITY
THE ANTI-FEDERALISTS DEMANDED THIS BEFORE THEY WOULD RATIFY THE CONSTITUTION
BILL OF RIGHTS
PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION
CONCEPT THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S POWER IS NOT ABSOLUTE
LIMITED GOVERNMENT
RECOGNIZED THE RIGHTS OF ENGLISH NOBLES
MAGNA CARTA
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
THE NUMBER OF STATES THAT HAD TO RATIFY THE CONSTITUTION BEFORE IT WOULD BECOME LAW