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What is an article?
An article is a separate part of a legal document that focuses on one topic.
Ratification is...
Signing in approval; consent/agreement of a formal, written document.
True or false: Confederation is a written document that describes the structure and power of a national or state government.
False
What is a constitution?
A constitution is a written document that describes the structure and power of a national or state government.
Explain confederation's definition.
An organization or alliance of several groups meeting together.
True or false: A congress is a formal meeting or series of meetings for discussion between delegates, especially those of a political party.
True
What does the word confederation mean?
It means an organization or alliance of several groups meeting together.
Ordinance is...
decree (a official order issued by a legal authority), an authorative order.
True or false: Ordinance is a decree(an official order issued by a legal authority) or authorative order
True
What is congress?
Congress is a formal meeting or series of meetings for discussion between delegates, especially those in a political party.
What word(s) describes this definition: the principal (belief) that the government is created by the subject will of it's people.
Popular Sovereignty.
What is a Convention?
Convention is a organization meeting for a particular topic or theme.
What word matches this definition: the original constitution of the United States; written agreement by all 13 colonies establishing a federal government.
Articles of confederation.
Describe the Northwest Ordinance.
The Northwest ordinance establishes the government for the Northwest territory, outlined the process for admitting new states to the union, and guarantees that newly created states would be equal to the original 13 states.