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Founding A New Natio
US History
Term | Definition |
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Amendment | Changes |
Articles of Confederation | First plan for government that did not work. |
Bill of Rights | The first 10 amendments of the Constitution that protect our rights. |
Compromise | An agreement that is reached after people with opposing views each give up something of their demands. |
Congress | Law making body of the US government. |
Consensus | Agreement |
Constitution | A plan for government. |
Convention | Large meeting. |
Delegate | People appointed to represent a group. |
Government | A system by which laws are made and enforced. |
House of Representatives | Part of the congress where representation is based on population. |
Ratify | to approve officially |
Preamble | An introduction to a document. |
Assemble | Gather |
Right | A just claim to have or to do something. |
Senate | Part of congress where there are two representatives from each state. |
Jury | Group of one's peers who weigh evidence to decide guilt or innocence. |