Writing the Constitution Vocab

an alliance of states created for a common purpose

• Confederation

• Constitution

• Compromise

• Ratification

an agreement between opposing parties

• confederation

• constitution

• amendment

• compromise

document outlining the fundamental principles and structures of a govern

• Confederation

• constitution

• amendment

• ratification

approval of a document or policy

• ratification

• constitution

• amendment

• yes

– an addition to a document,example freedom of speech

• ratification

• constitution

• amendment

basic rights people are born with, also called unalienable rights

• amendment

• natural rights

• constitution

• We the People

independent power

• Sovereignty

• United States

• constitution

• amendment

political system in which power is shared between a national centralized government and a collection of smaller state governments

• constitution

• Confederation

• Federalism

"the infliction of wrong or hardship on a person”

• amendment

• constitution

• grievance

Government derives power from the consent of the governed> They only have power because people allow it to ave power

• limited government

• amendment

• constitution

• bicameral