Vocabulary Part 1
No laws, no rules, no government.
What is state of nature?
Country ruled by a king or queen.
What is monarchy?
Where against the Constitution, and wanted a small central government.
Who are Anti-Federalists?
The rights we are born with.
What are natural rights?
What is a compromise?
An agreement between two sides.
An agreement between two sides.
What is a compromise?
A form of government where one leader has absolute control over citizens' lives.
What is dictatorship.
The first set of laws.
What are Articles of Confederation?
Why we made the Constitution?
Because Articles of Confederation were weak.
What is an enlightenment?
A time period.
Agreement between people and the government.
What is a social contract?
Small group of people run the country.
What is Oligarchy?
A system of government that divides power between a central government and smaller units of government, such as state or local governments.
What were 3 weaknesses of Articles of Confederation?
States had to much power, States made their own money, Congress could not collect taxes, Congress could not enforce laws, there were no federal courts, there was no leaders, and etc.
What is a Bill of Rights?
Limits the central government's power.
Government has the power or authority.
What is sovereignty?
No body is in control.
What is anarchy?
What was the compromise of federalist and aniti-federalists?
When federalist and anti-federalist accepted the constitution.
When was the Articles of confederation approved?
When is 1781?
A government ruled by a religion.
What is a monarchy?
To approve something.
What is ratification?
Citizens elect leaders to represent their rights and interests in government.
What is representative democracy?
Supports the constitution and whats a strong central government.
Who are Federalists?
What type of government is direct democracy?
Their are no representatives.
What is a democracy?
Citizens hold the political power.