chapter 7 & 8 vocab & timeline
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 independence | being able to make up your own rules |
| recur | to happen again and again |
| representatives | people chosen to speak or vote for a group of people |
| legislature | an elected group of representitives who can make laws |
| ratify | to formally agree to a plan |
| constitution | a written plan of government |
| democracy | the power to gover is in the hands of the governed |
| simple majority | 50%+1 |
| fedral government | a strong central government |
| inflation | the process of money losing value. |
| compromise | each sode gives in a little to reach an agreement |
| checks and balances | check means to stop balance means to equally divide |
| legislatue branch | the branch of government that makes laws |
| esecutive branch | the branch of government that enforces the laws |
| judicial branch | the branch of government that interprets the laws |
| bill | a prosed law by congress |
| veto | the power of the president to reject or cancek a bill |
| override | to pass a bill over a presidential veto |
| impeachment | to present formal charges against a president or supreme court justice |
| judicial review | the right of the sumpreme court to review laws passed by congress |
| debate | trying to convine people of ones opinion through arguement |
| nullify | to make a law no longer in effect |
| political tactics | waysof trying to solve political problems |
| 1754 | the albany congress |
| 1765 | the stamp act boycott |
| 1774 | first continental congress |
| 1775 | second continental congress |
| 1787 | the articles of confederation |
| 1788 | constitution ratified; washington elected as first president |
| 1791 | United Stated Bill of Rights ratified |
| 1689 | english bill of rights |
| 1215 | Magna Carta (weatlthy land owners establish their rights) |
| bail | money given to the court to guarantee the return of the accused for their trial |
| subpoena | the accused can legally require witnesses to attend |
| jury | a group of 12 ordinary people who listen to evidence in a trial to decide if a person is guilty |
| grand jury | a group of oridnary people who listen to evidence and determine wether there is enough reasonible evidence to make it worth while to conduct a trial |
| probable cause | a good reason |
| search warant | a paper signed by a judge that allows the police to search someone's property |
| libel | printing false information designed to hurt someone |
| petitiion | to make a formal complaint to the government |
| assembly | when people meet together |
| liberty | free from oppression |
| amendment | a formal written change to a document |
| bill of rights | a lifst of people's rights that the government agrees all people will have |
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