AOC Vocabulary Review

amendment

• a change to a constitution

• in complete agreement

• to control

• to carry out effectively

Articles of Confederation

• the treaty that ended the American Revolution

• the first Bill of Rights

• an agreement between U.S. and France to pay off war debts

• the first constitution of the United States

confederation

• a system of government where the power is located with the central government

• a system of government where power is located with the states

• a system of government where a small group of wealthy men have the power

• a system of government where one leader has all power

enforce

• to control

• to carry out effectively

• to make changes

• to review for errors

tax

• to makes changes

• an event when farmers rebelled

• an agreement between two or more countries

• money charged by a government

unanimous

• to be in complete agreement

• to review

• to enforce

• to make changes

Shays’s Rebellion

• an event when farmers rebelled against foreclosures and debt from the Revolutionary War

• a period in European history when many educated people stressed the importance of learning and reasoning

• a meeting where delegates decided to throw out the Articles of Confederation and draft the Constitution

• a war between US and Great Britain for Independence