Getting a Constitution
Terms
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- legislature
- the part of government that makes laws. In the federal government, itis called Congress.
- United States Constitution
- the law that setsup the U.S.federal government and gives power to the states and rights to the people
- crisis
- a time of great difficuly when change must come .
- compromise
- a way of settling a disagreement in which each side gets part of what it wants
- Articles of Confederation
- the law that described the first government of the United States.
- Constitutional Convention
- the meeting that decided what should be in the Constitution.
- rebellion
- a violent challenge to an authority. A rebellion is a smaller fight than a revolution .
- delegates
- people sent to a meeting to represent others.
- federal government
- the central government that unites the states. today it is the government in Washington,D.C.
- houses
- parts of the legislature . The two houses are the House of Representatives and the Senate
- debts
- money owed.
- convention
- a meeting
- debate
- a fornaltalk between people who have different opinions
- representatives
- lawmakers ; people in government elected by the voters in a state to speak and vote for them