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Confederacy   A group that is joined together in the same activity or goals  
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Rebellion   Many people try to change the government by protesting or violence  
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Compromise   Two different sides decide to stay in the middle so they can end the fighting  
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Ratify   To make something official by signing it  
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Amendment   To change the words or meaning of a law  
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National Government   Makes laws for the whole nation or country  
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State Government   Make the laws for that state only  
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Federal government   A kind of government where power is shared between a central government and individual states  
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Separation of Power   State's power is divided: Legislative, executive and judicial branches  
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Legislative   Ha's the power to make and change laws  
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Veto   The president has the power to say No to a law  
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Committee   A group of people chosen to do a certain job or make decisions about something  
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Debate   Discussing what is good and bad about two different things  
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Override   Congress has the power to pass a law after the president veto's  
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Executive   President, Vice President and Cabinet  
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Judicial   Power to decide if people are following the laws  
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Bill   An idea for a new law. It goes through many steps to become an official law.  
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Shays Rebellion   Is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt.  
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Compromise   An agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.  
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The Great Compromise   Saved the Constitutional Convention, and, probably, the Union. Authored by Connecticut delegate Roger Sherman, it called for proportional representation in the House, and one representative per state in the Senate (this was later changed to two.)  
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Virginia Plan   Was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.  
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