Founding of the Nation vocab Flashcards
Enlightenment
time when people started using obervation and science
Declaration of independence
Americas letter telling England that we were going to start our own country
natural rights
life,liberty,property
social contract
governments are created to protect natural rights,if they dont,people can start a new goverment
sovereignty
the right to rule
popular sovereignty
the right to rule comes from the people
grievance
a reason for a compliment
north west ordinance
a document created to govern the north west territory
territrory
a piece of that is controlled by the US
northwest territory
big piece of land that the Us acquired after the revolution
bill of rights
List of protections from the government written into the US constitution
Amendment
A change to a written document
13th admenment
ended slavery
constitution
a list of what the government can or cannot do
democracy
government run by the people
republic
were elected officials make decisions on behalf the people
republicanism
representive democracy
monarchy
government run by a king or qween
articles of confederation
americas frist constition
provision
a condition or requirement in a legal document
legislate
to make laws
federal government
national government
federalism
national and state governments share power
federalists
supporters of the US constitution
anti-federlist
opponets of the US constitution
magna carta
document from 1215
bill of rights
done aginst crual and unusal punishment
declaration of rights
protected rights
precdent
a way on doing things just like in the past
infrigment
violation of right or law
act of 1775
made colinist provide shelter for british soldiers
goverment act
limeted colonist right to assemble
due process
goverment takeing all the steps to inprism someone
ratify
accept or adopt
