Ch. 2 - "Origins of American Government" Vocabulary Review

rights that are believed to belong justifiably to every person

• unicameral

• bicameral

• interstate commerce

• human rights

a written instrument from the authorities of a society granting rights or privileges

• extralegal

• treaty

• charter

• boycott

the money a government collects from taxes or other sources

• revenue

• embargo

• creditor

• tariff

an agreement prohibiting trade

• tariff

• creditor

• interstate commerce

• embargo

a government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government

• limited government

• representative government

• bicameral

• unicameral

not to buy

• extralegal

• boycott

• embargo

• treaty

a single-chamber legislature

• unicameral

• bicameral

• charter

• creditor

the concept that a government's power was not absolute

• limited government

• extralegal

• boycott

• representative government

trade between the states

• tariff

• boycott

• embargo

• interstate commerce

relative to a two-house legislative body

• unicameral

• bicameral

• limited government

• interstate commerce