FOTN Vovab

Question 1

enlightenment

Answer 1

age of reason
• time when people started using
observation & science to determine how
things work

Question 2

Declaration of Independance

Answer 2

America’s letter telling England that we

were going to start our own country

Question 3

Natural Rights

Answer 3

life, liberty, property

• enlightenment idea

Question 4

Social Contract

Answer 4

governments are created to protect natural
rights, if they don’t, people can start a new
government
• enlightenment idea

Question 5

Sovereignty

Answer 5

the right to rule

Question 6

Popular sovereignty

Answer 6

the right to rule comes from the people

• synonym–democracy

Question 7

Greivance

Answer 7

A reason for a complaint

Question 8

Northwest ordinance

Answer 8

• document created to govern the
Northwest Territory
• established several precedents for the US
Constitution

Question 9

Territory

Answer 9

a piece of land that is controlled by the

U.S., but that is not a state

Question 10

Northwest territory

Answer 10

big piece of land that the US acquired after
the revolution
• what is now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin, & Michigan

Question 11

bill of rights

Answer 11

List of protections from the government
written into the US Constitution
• 1st 10 amendments to the US Constitution

Question 12

Amendment

Answer 12

a change to a written document
• there are 27 Amendments to the U.S.
Constitution

Question 13

13th amenment

Answer 13

Ended Slavery

Question 14

constitution

Answer 14

a list of what the government can and

cannot do

Question 15

democracy

Answer 15

government run by the people

• based on majority rule

Question 16

republic

Answer 16

• democracy where elected officials make

decisions on behalf of the people

Question 17

republicanism

Answer 17

representative democracy

• form of government the U.S. has

Question 18

monarchy

Answer 18

government run by a king or queen

Question 19

articles of confederation

Answer 19

America’s first constitution
• Failed because federal government was too
weak

Question 20

provision

Answer 20

a condition or requirement in a legal

document

Question 21

legislate

Answer 21

to make laws

Question 22

federal government

Answer 22

national government (over entire country)

Question 23

federalism

Answer 23

national & state governments share power

Question 24

federalists

Answer 24

supporters of the U.S. Constitution

• didn’t want a bill of rights

Question 25

anti federalists

Answer 25

opponents of the U.S. Constitution

• wanted a bill of rights

Question 26

Magna Carta

Answer 26

Document from 1215

• Established the precedent of trial by jury

Question 27

english bill of rights

Answer 27

One basis for American Bill of Rights
• Established precedent against cruel and
unusual punishment

Question 28

viginia declaration of rights

Answer 28

protected rights

• precedent for the US BILL OF RIGHTS

Question 29

precedent

Answer 29

a way of doing things based on the way

people did them in the past

Question 30

infringement

Answer 30

violation of a right or a law

Question 31

quartering act of 1765

Answer 31

• made colonists provide lodging for British

soldiers

Question 32

Massachusets government act

Answer 32

limited colonists right to assemble

Question 33

Due process

Answer 33

the government taking all the right steps

before fining or imprisoning someone

Question 34

ratify

Answer 34

accept or adopt