| A | B |
|---|
| National | Having to do with one country |
| Federal | Central or national government - not individual states |
| Checks and Balances | A system by which no one branch of government becomes more powerful than the others |
| Currency | Money |
| Commerce | Trade |
| Constitution | A plan of government |
| Federal system of government | A government in which power is divided between national governemnt and the states |
| Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments to the constitution |
| Virginia Plan | A plan for the constitution suggested by James Madison |
| Constitutional | If something fits within the constitution |
| Regulate | To control or direct |
| Two House Legislature | A law making group that has two parts |
| Virginia Plan | A plan for the constitution that calls for 3 branches of government |
| Judicial Branch | branch of government that determines if the laws follow the constitution |
| Executive Branch | Branch of governemnt that carries out the law |
| Legislative Branch | Branch of government that makes the laws |
| Amendments | Changes to the constitution |
| Bill of Rights | Guarantee individual rights to every American |
