Civics 1.4 And 1.5 Flashcards
The first constitution of the United States acted like a league of friendship 1776
Articles of confederation AOC
A system of government where power is located With the independent states and there is little power in the central government, also known as a confederal system
Confederation
A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 where delegates decided to throw out the articles of confederation and draft the constitution
Constitutional convention
An event when 2000 Massachusetts farmers rebelled against land foreclosures and debt from the revolutionary war 1786
Shays rebellion
To end
Abolish
To agree
Assent
An agreement made by the people to establish a government and abide by its laws
Consent of the governed
To take something away
Deprive
A system of government where the ruler has unlimited power
Despotism
To take
Derive
To bring to an end
Dissolve
To be given something naturally
Endow
A complaint
Grievance
To urge
To urge
Impel
To establish by using authority or power
Impose
To establish
Institute
The belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken away by governments
Natural rights
The use of authority or power in a cruel or unjust manner
Oppression
To house
Quarter
The quality or state of being correct
Rectitude
Obvious, having no need of proof
Self evident
A government that abuses its power
Tyranny
A single ruler that possesses and abuses absolute government power
Tyrant
Basic rights of the people that may not be taken away
Unalienable rights or in alienable
The act of exercising power by force
Usurpation
