We the People Unit 1 Lessons 1-5

The right to use power

• authority

• delegate

• government

• subject

Leaders of the colonies. Helped create the US Constitution.

• delegates

• founders

• bill

• authority

The ruling authority for a community

• constitution

• higher law

• state of nature

• government

A person who agrees to work for another person with out pay for a certain length of time

• self-sufficient

• indentured servant

• delegate

• founder

People who provide for their own needs are this.

• subject

• founders

• self-sufficient

• indentured servant

An organization founded and united for a specific purpose

• institution

• government

• bill

• foundation

under someone else's control; under control of a monarch

• founder

• servant

• subject

• bill

A legal framework for government

• authority

• common good

• contract

• constitution

A set of laws that establish and limit the power of government

• higher law

• private domain

• civic virtue

• limits

A proposed law

• check

• enaction

• bill

• checks and balances