Amendment

"There are multiple amendments to the Bill of Rights"

 change, improvement, or addition that is made to a law or document, or the process of doing this

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Aristocracy

"Many nobles lived as aristocrats"

A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility

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Checks And Balcances

"Checks and balances applies to the three branches of government"

Constitutionalisim

"Constituionalisim is a belief based off the constitution"

the belief that a government should be based on a constitution

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Democracy

"America functions as a democracy"

a system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials

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Direct Democracy

"Small communities use direct democracy"

A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives

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Executive

"Think of the root execute in the word executive"

the part of government that makes sure decisions and laws work well

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Federalisim

"Many people people believe in their federal state"

belief in or support for a federal system of government

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Indirect Democracy

"Its reasonable for large populations wanting democracy to have an indirect democracy"

Form of democracy in which individuals are represented by appointed representatives.

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Judicial

"Its best to let the judicial court decide"

relating to the law, judges, or their decisions

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Judicial Review

"To keep everything fair we have judicial review"

power of courts to review decisions of another department or level of government

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Legislative

"Legislative branch of the government"

an institution that has the power to make or change laws

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Limited Power

"Most governments have limited power"

a type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed, limited, and restricted by law

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Monarchy

"England is ruled by a monarchy"

A government ruled by a king or queen

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Oligarchy

"Oligarchies dont last long"

a small group of people who run a country or organization, or a country that is run by a small group of people

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Popular Sovereignty

"We hopefully rule by popular soverignty"

basic principle of the American system of government which asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power, and government can exist only with the consent of the governed

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Preamble

"I read the preamble to see if I wanted to buy the book"

a statement at the beginning of a book, document, or talk, explaining what it is about

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Ratify

"They ratified the Bill of Rights"

to make a written agreement official by signing it

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Republic

"America is truly, correctly, a republic"

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

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Seperation of Powers

"The government was becoming too powerful so there was a seperation of powers"

division of governmental authority among the three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial branch. The US Constitution uses this principle in setting the presidency, the Congress, and the courts

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Tyranny

"I will not stand for this tyranny!"

cruel or unfair control over other people and/or cruel and unfair government

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U.S. Bill of Rights

"The U.S. Bill of Rights was adopted in 1791"

a written statement of the most important rights of the citizens of a country, part of the U.S. Constitution

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