Government Vocab 1

A formal plan of government

• amendment

• article

• constitution

• document

The part of a document that deals with a single subject

• article

• paragraph

• chapter

• index

Consisting of two houses, or chambers, especially in a legislature.

• ratification

• bi-cameral

• federalism

• direct democracy

Political system where people have a say in how the government is run.

• communism

• fascism

• theocracy

• democracy

Form of government where citizens elect representatives to run the state

• Republic

• Military

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

Person who wants a strong central government

• anti-federalist

• capitalist

• communist

• federalist

1787 meeting of delegates in Philidelphia to create a constitution

• National Convention

• Constitutional Convention

• Constitution Conference

• Constitution Assembly

First government of the United States (later replaced by the Constitution)

• Articles of Confederation

• Olive Branch Petition

• Continental Congress

• Bill of Rights

To approve

• amend

• cancel

• ratify

• impeach

Uprising led by Daniel Shay against Massachusetts state government

• Shay's War

• Daniel's Revolution

• Massachusetts Uprising

• Shay's Rebellion