Vocab 1
a law or government rule
What is an ordinance
unable to be taken away or denied
What is unalienable?
A limited government depends on
What is the consent of the people?
Responsible for running the war and writing the Articles of Confederation?
What is the Second Continental Congress?
In 1787, the Congress guaranteed settlers of the Northwest Territory these rights. What were they?
What are the same rights as people in the 13 states?
A group of states joined together by a formal agreement
having the power to make laws
What is legislative?
The document each state wrote after gaining independence from Britain?
What is a constitution?
The Articles of Confederation gave the central government too little of this.
What is too little power to be effective?
The reason Patrick Henry didn't attend the Grand Convention of the States in 1787.
What is he didn't want to strengthen the central government?
the ability of the people in a country to decide their own government
What is "self-determination"?
when each side in a disagreement gives up some of what they want to reach an agreement.
What is a compromise?
The right to believe as you wish
What is religious freedom?
What is the federal system of Government
or
Federalism
having the power to decide questions of law
what is judicial?
To bring formal charges against a government official
Is responsible for writing the Declaration of Independence
This idea in the Virginia Plan caused the most disagreement.
What is the central government should have higher powers than the states in certain areas?
This many states needed to ratify the constitution for it to become law
What is 9 states?
to think about and discuss issues before reaching a decision
What is deliberate
having the power to carry out and enforce laws
What is executive?
Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and the right to a trial by jury were protected under law by this level of government.
What is State government?
One house of Congress would base membership on population, while the other would grant the same number of seats to each house. This became known as what?
What is the Great Compromise?
Led the fight for the bill of rights after the Constitution took effect.
Who is James Madison