| A | B |
|---|
| Delagates | Speak for people who send them to the meeting |
| Debate | Or to dicuss how to solve a problem |
| Compromise | A way to solve a problem that gives each side something that they want |
| Articales of Confedaration | Law that described the first goverment of the united states |
| Crisis | a time of great difficulty and or problem |
| Rebellion | a violent challenge of authority |
| Consitutional Convenntion | a meeting to decide what should be in the constitution |
| convention | a meeting |
| Representitives | law makers, or people elected by voters to speak the peoples issues |
| Debts | money owed |
| Legislature | the law making branch of goverment |
| federal goverment | the central goverment that unites the states |
| Shays's Rebellion | Farmers attacked the courthouse |
| Importance of Shays's rebellion | It made the people realize they needed a stronger central government |
| Another word for Central Government | Federal Government |
| Another word for National Government | Central Government |
| Philadelphia | Location where the Constitutional Convention was held |
| Constitution | a legal document that lays out a plan for government |
| principles | ideas about government |
| foundation | a base for the government, ideas the government is based on |
| popular sovereignty | rule by the people |
| authority | the right to rule |
| republic | a system of government in which people elect representatives to make their laws |
| represent | speak for |
| local | relating to a certain area or place. |
| federalism | a system of government in which power is shared between national and state government |
| federal government | the main government for the U.S. in Washington, D.C. |
| The Preamble | the introduction to the Constitution |
| The Articles | The 7 major topics (divisions) of the Constitution. |
| Amendments | 27 changes that have been made to the U.S. Constitution. |
| legislative branch | the part of government that makes LAWS (Congress: The U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives) |
| qualifications | the things that make a person good for a job |
| term | the length of service that a person serves in a job |
| census | a count of all the people who live in a place |
| bills | laws that Congress is discussing (not a law yet) |
| veto | the power to say "NO" |
| executive branch | the part of government that EXECUTES (carries out) the laws (makes sure they are followed) |
| budget | a plan for getting and spending money |
| proposal | a detailed suggestion |
| cabinet | the group of advisors to the president |
| presides | runs the meeting |
| judicial branch | the part of the government that interprets teh laws through its decisions in legal cases |
| unconstitutional | goes against the Constitution |
| abusing | using wrongly |
| rights | the things you are allowed to do by the law |
| freedoms | things you can do whenever you want without the government telling you no |
| guarantee | promise |
| worship | praise God or gods (prayers, humns, religious services) |
| expression | exchanging or telling your ideas |
| reputation | what most people think and say about you |
| panic | a fear that spreads through a group of people and makes them lose control of themselves |
| riot | violent disturbance |
| publish | to make public (book, magazine, Internet) |
| press | people who report the news |
| ban | make a law to stop something (books!) |
| offensive | hurtful, annoying or disgusting |
| assembly | a gathering of people |
| petition | ask formally and in writing that the government do something |
| bear arms | carry weapons |
| militias | armies of citizens |
| volunteered | worked without getting paid |
| professional | working for pay in a job |
| privacy | freedom from other people looking at your personal life |
| evidence | things that show what is true |
| unreasonable | without good reason |
| search warrant | written permission from a judge to search for evidence. |
| due process | the stops set out by law |
| testify | give evidence in court |
