Unit 1: Founding Documents

basic rights of the people that may not be taken away

• unalienable rights

• foundations

• declaration

• social contract

permission to do something

• consent

• precedent

• conceded

• ratification

To explain in greater detail

• elaborate

• consent

• declaration

• ratification

Natural rights

• rights that all people are born with

• the process of how nature determines survival

• how the world works

• rights that can be taken away

Liberties

• rights and freedoms

• the ability to vote

• an agreement between the people and the government

• a statue given to the United States by France

A written plan of government

• constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Northwest Ordinance

• legislation

a formal or explicit statement or announcement.

• declaration

• social contract

• ordinance

• recall

ratification

• official approval

• to revise

• to add to

• to denounce as unlawful

foundations

• the base on which other things rest

• the beginning of something

• the end of something

• the top portion

discuss the pros and cons of an issue

• debate

• argue

• ratification

• declaration