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WorksheetsUnit 4 Vocabulary GA Studies Woods
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
The agreement signed by the 13 original states setting up the first national government for the United States, in force from 1781 to 1789.
Proclamation of 1763
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
General Assembly
Official name of Georgia's state legislature
An independent country with its own government
An introductory statement to a legal document
Exclusive right to act or conduct business without competition
Boycott
Petition
Monopoly
Consisting of two houses or chambers. The legislatures of the US and GA are examples of this.
Unicameral
Bicameral
Tories
Boycott
to refuse to use or buy something as a protest or as a way to force a change
to impose or set, as in the case of a government levying taxes
exclusive right to act or conduct business without competition
Bill of Rights
The official name of Georgia's state legislature
Fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed to US citizens by the Constitution's first 10 amendments
A division of governmental power among separate branches, each with distinct roles and powers
Legislative
refers to the branch of government that carries out the laws
relating to the branch of government that makes the laws
relating to the branch of government that settles legal arguments, interprets the law, and decides issues of constitutionality
Relating to the branch of government that settles legal arguments, interprets the law, and decides issues of constitutionality.
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
The document adopted by delegates from the 13 American colonies in 1776 proclaiming their independence from Great Britain and their new status as free states.
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Constitution
Levy
to impose or set taxes
a formal written request
formal approval of a proposed action
The idea that government must be based on the will of the people.
Confederation
Articles of Confederation
Popular Sovereignty
American colonists, also called “patriots,” who opposed British government before and during the American Revolution.
Whigs
Tories
Federal
American colonists, also called “loyalists,” who supported the British government before and during the American Revolution.
Whigs
Tories
Petition
Taxes paid on imports.
Duties
Tories
Levy
The legal document that authorizes a state or national government to exist. Usually outlines fundamental principles, form, major officials, and powers of a government.
Declaration
Article
Constitution
A plan built into U.S. and state constitutions to keep the three branches of government from overpowering each other.
Checks and balances
Duties
Boycott
Formal approval of a proposed action.
Smuggling
Ratification
Confederation
Fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the Constitution’s first 10 amendments.
Bill of rights
Natural Law
Confederation
Relating to the national government.
Nation
Federal
Militia
A loose union of sovereign states in which the central government is given limited power.
Confederation
Popular sovereignty
Executive
