A person who agrees to work for a ser period of time withour pay in exchange for necessities such as transportation, food, clothing, and shelter.

A Ruler

The money earned by a business for providing goods or services

A person chosen to act on behalf of others

Trade route between Africa, the Americas, and Europe in which ships carries cash crops, manufactured goods, and enslaved peoples

Permitting people to worship according to the practices of any religion they choose

the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group based on their religious beliefs

come to settle among and establish political control over an area

a body of water sheltered by natural or artifical barriers

An area under the control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.

Government of a country controlled by the people living there.

Assembly of people chosen to speak on behalf of a larger group.

A group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose.

An official document that gives a person the right to establish a colony.

An organized assembly that has the authority to make up the laws for the colony.

The policy of using colonies to bring wealth to the Mother Country.

Wanted to purify, or reform, the Catholic church

A separatist group that left England in the early 1600's to escape religious persecution

hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs

To stop buying goods or services from an organization or company as a punishment or protest

Individual rights or freedoms protected by law from an unjust government

To come together (assemble) for a meeting or activity

To force to be accepted or put in place.

You are disproving or disagreeing with a point of view.

Requiring colonists to provide room in their homes for British soldiers

A military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.

government initiative to influence the economy of a particular region, state, or country

speaking or acting on behalf of someone else, particularly as it pertains to government participation

a country formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose.

A meeting of Colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to respond to the closing of Boston Harbor, increased taxes, and abuses of British authority.

The highest legislature in Great Britain, consisting of the House of Lords and the House of Commons. It is similar to our Congress in the U.S.A.

A religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s leading to the ideas of political equality creating a more democratic system in America.

Formally announcing the colonies breaking away from Great Britian.

Colonists who chose to side with the British were known as

A meeting of Colonial delegates in Philadelphia that issued the Declaration of Independence and established the Articles of Confederation.

permission for something to happen or agreement to do something

a person sent to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference

an official statement of complaint

rights that cannot be given or taken away; God given

Fair treatment through the normal judicial system

To change / A change to the Constitution

To formally approve / Formal process of approving

The power of the courts to review laws and declare them unconstitutional

Another name for the Federal Government. The government that's over the entire U.S.

A legislative body (Congress) that has two houses or chambers.

Refusing to sign a bill into law

A law that is proposed to Congress, but has not yet been passed.

unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.

the action of capturing someone or something using force / take hold of suddenly and forcibly.

Each branch has some power over the other two branches.

Example: President can veto a bill proposed by Congress.

The people vote for REPresentatives to run the government.

National and state governments share power.

Example: We pay federal taxes and state taxes.

Freedoms that cannot be taken away by another person or the government.

The government only has the power given to it by the Constitution. Its power is limited to protect peoples' rights.

The powers of the government is divided between 3 branches (legislative, executive, judicial)

Example: Only the legislature can pass laws.

The power of the government is in the hands of the people. "We the People"

The ideas that serve as the foundation to the U.S. Constitution

belonging or relating to a national legislative body (Congress), especially that of the US.

send or authorize someone to do something as a representative

In the ___, each enslaved person would count for 3/5 of a person for taxation and representation purposes.

(Or every 3 out of 5 people would count toward population)

Agreement to create a two-house legislature:

one's representation being based on population and the other with equal representation.

The belief that citizens have an obligation to participate in civic and political affairs such as jury duty.

Plan that proposed a bicameral legislature completely based on population (large state plan)

Plan that proposed equal representation for all states (small state plan)

Person that supported the ratification of the U.S. Constitution

Person that did NOT support the ratification of the U.S. Constitution

form of government in which a state/country is ruled by representatives of the citizen body

bringing wealth and success

Gathering of delegates to draft the U.S. Constitution in 1787

The power of the courts to review laws and declare them unconstitutional

Another name for the federal government. The government that's over the entire U.S.

not allowed by the Constitution

Fair treatment through the normal judicial system

the length of time a person serves in a particular elected office

groups of political activists who organize to win elections, operate the government, and determine public policy

proposal for the national government to take over the debts of all 13 states

the quality of being allowed by or contained in the Constitution

the set of decisions a government makes relating to things that directly affect the people in its own country

a government's strategy in dealing with other nations

time period after the revolution when the U.S. was a young, independent nation and had to figure out how the country would run

"friendship" formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries, that obligates one country to another