Popular Sovereignty- The government gets its power from people.
Articles of Confederation- The first constitution of the United States.
Limited Government- The leaders’ powers are limited and people have the power to vote.
Separation of Powers- The executive branch enforces the law such as; the legislative branch makes the laws, the congress has the power to tax, and the judicial branch interprets the law.
Checks & Balances- The president can veto a law that is passed by Congress, the congress can override a presidential veto, and the senate can hold impeachment trials of the President.
The Great Compromise- An agreement between the small and big states about how many representatives each state should have.
The Federalists Papers/Essays- A series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the US constitution.
James Madison- He is known as the father of constitution and he was known for the work he did at the Constitutional Convention such as the the federalist papers.
Federalist- People who supports the ratification of the new constitution.
Anti-Federalist- People who opposes the new ratification of the new constitution.
Job of the Executive Branch- Enforces the law, maintaining relationships with other countries, and approves or vetos laws. May sometimes lead in a military as commander-in-chief.
Job of the Legislative Branch- Has the power to make laws, collect taxes, declare war, and set citizenship requirements.
Job of the Judicial Branch- Has the power to interpret laws, assign penalties, and decide if the law is constitutional or not.
Constitution is a an aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other types of entity and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed.
Vetois a the political right to disapprove of the process of a decision, a law etc. An invocation of that right.
BillofRightsa formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people of the United states, incorporated in the Constitution as Amendment 1-10, and in all state constitutions.
Ratifyis the confirmation or adoption of an act that has already been performed.
First they divide into two government's The portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. A double security arises to the rights of the people. while federalism gave power to the main government.
If the citizens were not required, no one may want to. On jury, you may have a case that may take a long time and you may end up sentencing someone to death. It is likely if citizens were not required that no one would want to volunteer.
Vasco da Gama. Vasco da Gama was the first European to open a sea-based trade route to India. In an epic voyage, he sailed around Africa's Cape of Good Hope and succeeded in breaking the monopoly of Arab and Venetian spice traders.
