Economics Week 3

a form of government where political power rests in the hands of the people

a form of government where one ruler, usually a hereditary one, holds political power

those who did not support the ratification of the Constitution

the first basis for the new nation's government; adopted in 1781

the first ten critical amendments to the U.S. Constitution, most were designed to protect fundamental rights and liberties

"founding document" written in 1776 in which the American colonists proclaimed their independence from Great Britain and listed their grievances against the British King

those who supported the ratification of the Constitution

the compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that created a two-house Congress

the right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God or simply naturally inherent to mankind; rights that all persons are endowed with and that no government may infringe upon or take away

a form of government in which political power rests in the hands of the people, not a monarch, and is exercised by the elected representatives