Road to the Constitutional Convention

The idea that each state should have the same number of representatives in Congress. The number of representatives in the Senate is based on equal representation.

The right to have a lawyer representing an indiviiual in court

The equality of the three branches of government.

The distribution and balance of power among the different branches of government so that no one branch is able to dominate the other.

An essential technique used by governors to prevent riots.

Method to confirm balance of checking account

The first Constitution of the United States, created to form a perpetual union and firm league of friendship among the thirteen original colonies.

Laws that created a strong central government

Laws the Confederate Army put in place at the beginning of the Civil War.

Constitutional Monarchy

Executive Branch has full authority

A system of government in which the legislative branch has ultimate powers.

Legislators' meetings

Social gatherings of the political elites

Any organization that seeks to achieve political power by electing members to public office so that their political philosophies can be reflected in public policies.

The road to the capitol of the U.S.

The right of a branch of government to reject a bill that has been passed in an effort to delay or prevent its enactment.

A congressional vote

Law

Bill

The legal claim that allows a person to ask his or her government to correct things that he or she thinks are wrong or to do things he or she believes are needed.

An uprising against the British Red Coats in Concord, MA

An armed revolt by Massachusetts farmers in 186-87 who sought relief from debts and foreclosures of mortgages. Led by Daniel Shays.

Slave Revolt

The title given to the first Thirteen colonies

A form of political organization in which the sovereign states combine for certain specified purposes such as defence. The US was a confederation from 1776 to 1789

A political agreement between two political parties

It allowed for the purchase of land from the Spanish.

This ordinance provided funds for Lewis and Clark's exploration of the West.

An important law passed by Congress under the Articles of the Confederation. The law prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory and provided for settling the western lands and admission and organization of new states.

Divine Right of Kings

The natural rights concept that ultimate political authority rests with the people.

Authoritarian Regime

To confirm or approve.

To crown

To deny