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| A document that sets out the laws and principles of government |
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| An alliance of independent states |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| The first government used in the United States from 1781-1787 |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, where the state leaders met to revise the articles of Confederation in May of 1787 |
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| A Government in which citizens rule themselves through elected officials |
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| A settlement (agreement) in which each side gives up some of its demands to reach an agreement |
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| Division of governmental powers amongst the state government and national government |
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| A period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises |
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| a principle of government in which powers are divided among individual and separate branches |
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| This group makes sure that all laws are carried out and put into effect and includes the President and the Vice President |
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| This group makes the laws and includes the Senate and House of Representatives |
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| This group makes sure that all laws are fair and includes the Supreme Court |
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| System where each branch of government can check or control the actions of the other branches |
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| A periodic governmental count of population, helps determines the number of representatives of each state in the House of Representatives. |
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| A group of electors from every state who meet every 4 years to vote for the President and the Vice President |
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| idea that government must follow the same rules in all cases brought to trial |
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| To bring formal charges of wrong doing against a government official (the President) |
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| The list of freedoms that a government promises to protect; the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. |
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