US History Unit 2 American Rev Vocab

Constitution

• Introduction to the highest law of the land

• Change in a legal document

• Document that outlines a system of beliefs and laws by which our nation is governed

Federalism

• A system of government in which all people are involved in the political process, usually through voting

• Distribution of power within a government - in the United States: (1) division of power between three branches (2) division of powers between central and state government

• Form of government with one person or family at the head, as the only seat of power

Government

• The group of people that has power to make laws and important decisions for a community, state, or nation

• a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority.

• society being freely constituted without authorities or a governing body

Representation

• state of being free of the control of some other person, country or entity

• a fundamental change in political organization

• The action of speaking or acting on someone else's behalf

Amendment

• Change in a legal document

• Preliminary version of a document

• Detailed correction of the final draft just before layout

Forcibly overthrowing a government

• Evolution

• Expansion

• Revolution

Taxes

• benefit given by the government

• Mandatory contribution to a government's revenue

• an amount of something left over when requirements have been met

Power to do as one pleases and wants

• Captivity

• Slavery

• Liberty

Monarchy

• Form of government with one person or family at the head, as the only seat of power

• a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives

• a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole

An agreement that is reached when each side gives up something

• Marriage

• Compromise

• Divorce