U.S History Flashcards
enlightment
age for reason
Declaration of Independence
americas letter telling the British were going to atart 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 government
sovereignty
the right to rule
popular sovereignty
the right to rule comes from the people
grievance
a reason for a complaint
northwest ordinance
document created to govern the north west territory
territory
an piece of land that is controlled by the u.s but that is not a state
northwest territory
big piece of land the us acquired after the american revolution
Bill of rights
1st ten amendments to the us constitution
amendment
a change to written documents
13th amendment
ended slavery
constitution
a list of what a government can and cant do
democracy
government ran by the people
Republic
democracy where elected officials make the decisions
republicanism
representative democracy
monarchy
government ran by the king or queen
articles of confederation
Americas first constitution
provision
a condition or requirement in a legal document
legislate
to make laws
federal government
national government
federalism
national& state share power
federalists
supporters of the US constitution
