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vocabulary Thomas 2
vocabulary chapters 7-9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| statement of the Second Continental Congress that defined the colonist's rights, outlined their complaints against Great Britain, and declared the colonies independence | Declarartion of Independence |
| official changes, corrections, or additions to a law or constitution | Amendments |
| first ten amendments to the Constitution | Bill of Rights |
| people who opposed ratification of the Constitution | Antifederalists |
| a system established by the Constitution that prevents any branch of government from being to powerful | Checks and Balances |
| pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that criticized monarchies and convinced many American colonists of the need to break away from Britain | Common Sense |
| the division of governmental power into distinct areas with different branches of government exercising different powers | Seperation of Powers |
| system of government in which the power is distributed between a central authority and individual states | Federalism |
| revolutionary war battle in New York that resulted in a major defeat of British troops;marked the Patriots' greatest victory up to that point in the war | Battle of Saratoga |
| type of fighting in which solders use swift hit and run attacks against the enemy, usually behind the battle lines | Guerrilla Warfare |
| a set of basic principals that determines the power and duties of governments | Constitution |
| voting rights | Suffrage |
| document that created the first central government for the United States | Articles of Confederation |
| formal approval | Ratification |
| legislation passed by Congress to establish a political structure for the lands of the Northwest Territory and create a system for the admission of new states | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
| taxes on imports or exports | Tariffs |
| trade conducted between states | Interstate Commerce |
| increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money | Inflation |
| people who supported ratification of the Constitution | Federalists |
| uprising of Massachusetts farmers, led by Daniel Shays, to protest high taxes, heavy debt, and farm foreclosure | Shay's Rebellion |
| agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention stating that 3/5 of the slaves in each state should be used as part of the state's population for determining representation in the lower house of Congress | Three-Fifths Compromise |
| agreement worked out at the Conctitutional Convention establishing that a state's population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house of the legislature | Great Compromise |
| the idea that political authority belongs to the people | Popular Sovereignty |
| fair application of the law | Due Process |
| division of government that proposes bills and passes them into laws | Legislative Branch |
| division of the federal government that is made up of the national courts | Judicial Branch |
| division of the federal government that includes the President and the administrative departments | Executive Branch |
| a government that is composed of representatives of the people | Representative Democracy |
| to vote or bring charges against | Impeach |
| to cancel | Veto |
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