Understanding Key Political Terms

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1. An organization which consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league

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Confederation

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1. the authority of a state to govern itself or another state.

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Sovereignty

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A change in a document or the constitution

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amendment

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Section of a document

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article

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The power to control something

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regulate

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Settlement of a dispute

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compromise

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Protests in Massachusetts where angry farmers who lost their farms revolted by closing courthouses and attacking an armory, convincing leaders of the need for a stronger central government

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Shays Rebellion

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Delegates from twelve states met in Philadelphia in 1787 and drafted the U.S. Constitution

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Constitutional Convention

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The business of trading goods/services between states

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interstate commerce

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The introduction to the Constitution which explains the goals and purposes of the government of the US

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Preamble