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Foundations Unit
Foundations of American Constitutional Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Rule of Law | all people including those who govern are bound by the law |
Limited Government | Government is not all powerful- it may only do those things that people have given it the power to do |
Consent of the Governed | citizens are the source of all government power |
Representative Government | People elect leaders to make the laws and govern on their behalf |
Democracy | Government in which the people rule |
Charter | a written grant by a country's legislative power, by which an institution such as a company, college, or city is created and its rights and privileges defined. |
Declaration | a formal statement or announcement |
Statute | a written law passed by a legislative body |
Grievance | an official statement of a complaint over something believed to be wrong or unfair. |
Affirmed | To state as a fact |
Unalienable Rights | Rights that cannot be taken away or denied |
Pursuit | the act of following or pursuing something |
Liberty | Freedom |
Confederation | an organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance |
Amendment | A change or an addition to the Constitution |
Ratify | To give formal consent |
Propose | To put forward an idea for consideration or discussion by others |
Preamble | The introduction to the United States Constitution |
Union | Being joined together (especially in a political context) |
Justice | Fair behavior or treatment |
Tranquility | calm;peaceful |
Welfare | The health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group |
Posterity | All future generations of people |
Ordain | To order something officially |
Domestic | Existing or occurring inside a particular country |
Congress | The national legislative branch of the US (the people that make the national laws) |
General Assembly | The state legislative branch of VA (the people that make the state laws) |