| A | B |
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| Republic | a form of government in which people elect representatives to govern the country |
| Inflation | occurs when the value of a government's money falls because there is too much of it |
| Arsenal | a building that is used for storing weapons |
| Territory | land that belongs to a national government but is not a state and is not represented in Congress |
| Ordinance | set of laws, that created a system to survey, or measure, the western lands |
| Convention | an important meeting, to discuss trade among the states |
| Commerce | trade |
| Federal system | one in which the right to govern would be shared by the national government and the state governments |
| Bill | an idea for a new law, but both had to approve it before it became a law |
| Census | population count, would be taken every ten years to find out the number of people in each state |
| Electoral college | group of electors |
| Veto | reject, bills that are passed by Congress |
| Impeach | accuse the Prsident of crimes |
| Justice | judges |
| Checks and balances | keeps any one branch from becoming too powerful or using its authority wrongly |
| Ratify | approve, the Constitution before it would go into effect |
| Federalist | citizens who favored the constitution |
| Anti-Federalist | those who did not became known |
| Amendment | changes, were added to protect the rights of the people |
| Magna Carta | a charter granted by the king of England in the year 1215 |
| Due process of law | that people have the right to a fair public trial to be decided by a jury |
| Reserved powers | belongs to the states or to the people |
| Cabinet | a group of the President's most important advisers |
| Political party | a group whose members try to elect government officials who share the party's point of view about many issues |
| Candidate | people to choose from, the electoral college was given a list by each political party |
