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Unit 2 Flash Cards
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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enumerated | powers given to the federal government only |
concurrent | those powers shared by the national and state governments |
executive | branch of government that enforces the laws |
Preamble | the introduction to the Constitution that states the goals for government |
Amendment | any change to the Constitution |
Separation of Powers | the ideas that government should be divided into 3 branches to avoid abuse of power |
Charters of the Virginia Company of London | established that the rights of Englishmen would be guaranteed to the colonists |
elastic clause | gives Congress the power to make all laws necessary and proper to carry out its duties |
Virginia Declaration of Rights | powers given to state governments only |
Legislative Branch | served as the model for the Bill of Rights of the US Constitution |
Ratification | to approve. The Constitution was ratified in June 1788 |
Declaration of Independence | established and listed the unalienable rights of all men, colonial grievances against the king, the idea of equality under the law, and the colonies' independence from Great Britain |
Judicial Branch | the branch of government that interprets the laws |
Articles of Confederation | established the 1st form of national government for the independent states, allowing the states to keep the major powers of government |
articles | the 7 sections of the Confederation following the Preamble |
constitution | established structure of the present national government of the US |
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom | established freedom of religious beliefs and opinions, serving as the basis for part of the 1st Amendment to the Constitution |
Checks & Balances | a system in which each branch of government is able to limit the power of the other branches |
Shay's Rebellion | 1 of the final events proving the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and leading to the convention to revise the Articles |