Chapter 2 AP Gov vocab

a document that sets out the fundamental principles of governance and establishes the institutions of gov

a gov ruled by the representatives of the people

a governing doc that created a union of 13 sovereign states in which the STATES were supreme

a popular uprising against the gov of massachusetts

started cuz shortage of silver and gold and had hella debt they could not pay off

convinced washington to return to public life

a meeting attended by state delegates in 1787 to fix the Articles of Confederation

the right of people detained by the gov to know the charges against them

when legislature declares someone guilty w/o trial

laws punishing people for acts that were not crimes at the time they were committed

plan of gov calling for three-branch government with a bicameral legislature BUT the populous states would have more representative in Congres

plan of gov that provided for unicameral legislature BUT each state had equal vote regardless of population