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Vocab
Vocab part 2
Amendments
Miscellaneous
Constitution
100
A group of people that come to a new land but are still rulled by the government in which they came.
What is a Colony?
100
an agreement made by people to better society
What is Social Contract
100
Right of speech, religion, and press
What is the first amendment
100
A principle of the US constitution that gives each branch of government the power to check or limit the actions of another branch
What is Checks and Balances
100
People who oppose the constitution
What is a anti-federalist
200
When a government exports more then it imports from other countries
What is Mercantilism
200
Supreme power of authority
What is sovereignty
200
The right to bare arms
What is the second amendment
200
right to life, liberty, and property
What is natural rights
200
On February 21, 1787, the Articles Congress called a convention of state delegates at Philadelphia to propose a plan of government.
What is the Constitutional Convention
300
A time people change rullers or political systems because they decide it's unfair
What is a Revolution
300
A measurement of land
What is township
300
The right that you dont have to let soldiers live in your home
What is the third amendment
300
a agreement where both sides give up something they want
What is a compromise
300
The process of approving
What is ratification
400
Free from superstition and ignorance
What is Enlightenment
400
to make a change
What is ratify
400
The right against unreasonable search and seizures
What is the fourth amendment
400
a person cant be put in jail without being charged a crime
What is habeus corpeus
400
Executive, Legislature, Judiciary
What are the three branches of goverment
500
A system where individuals are voted on by the people to represent us
What is a Republic
500
People who support the constitution
What is a Federalist
500
Insures that we have more rights then whats listed in the constitution
What is the ninth amendment
500
the law of the land
What is the constitution
500
Father of constitution
Who is James Madison