FOTN Vovab Flashcards
enlightenment
age of reason
• time when people started using
observation & science to determine how
things work
Declaration of Independance
America’s letter telling England that we
were going to start our own country
Natural Rights
life, liberty, property
• enlightenment idea
Social Contract
governments are created to protect natural
rights, if they don’t, people can start a new
government
• enlightenment idea
Sovereignty
the right to rule
Popular sovereignty
the right to rule comes from the people
• synonym–democracy
Greivance
A reason for a complaint
Northwest ordinance
• document created to govern the
Northwest Territory
• established several precedents for the US
Constitution
Territory
a piece of land that is controlled by the
U.S., but that is not a state
Northwest territory
big piece of land that the US acquired after
the revolution
• what is now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin, & Michigan
bill of rights
List of protections from the government
written into the US Constitution
• 1st 10 amendments to the US Constitution
Amendment
a change to a written document
• there are 27 Amendments to the U.S.
Constitution
13th amenment
Ended Slavery
constitution
a list of what the government can and
cannot do
democracy
government run by the people
• based on majority rule
republic
• democracy where elected officials make
decisions on behalf of the people
republicanism
representative democracy
• form of government the U.S. has
monarchy
government run by a king or queen
articles of confederation
America’s first constitution
• Failed because federal government was too
weak
provision
a condition or requirement in a legal
document
legislate
to make laws
federal government
national government (over entire country)
federalism
national & state governments share power
federalists
supporters of the U.S. Constitution
• didn’t want a bill of rights
