Unit 4 : Writing the Constitution

An alliance of states created for a common purpose.

• Confederation

• Compromise

• Amendment

• Sovereignty

Confederation

• an alliance of states created for a common purpose

• an agreement between opposing parties

• an addition to a document

• independent power

An agreement between opposing parties.

• Compromise

• Confederation

• Natural Rights

• Federalism

Compromise

• an agreement between opposing parties

• an alliance of states created for a common purpose

• basic rights people are born with, also called unalienable rights

• political system in which power is shared between a national centralized government and a collection of smaller state governments

Document outlining the fundamental principles and structures of a government.

• Constitution

• Compromise

• Ratification

• Sovereignty

Constitution

• document outlining the fundamental principles and structures of a government

• an agreement between opposing parties

• approval of a document or policy

• independent power

Approval of a document or policy.

• Ratification

• Compromise

• Federalism

• Amendment

Ratification

• approval of a document or policy

• an agreement between opposing parties

• political system in which power is shared between a national centralized government and a collection of smaller state governments

• an addition to a document

An addition to a document.

• Amendment

• Ratification

• Federalism

• Compromise

Amendment

• an addition to a document

• approval of a document or policy

• political system in which power is shared between a national centralized government and a collection of smaller state governments

• an agreement between opposing parties