Social Studies Vocab

2. an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
3. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority
5. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
8. Representative democracy is a form of democracy in which people vote for representatives who then vote on policy initiatives
11. a cruel and oppressive ruler the tyrant was deposed by popular demonstrations
14. establish a federal system of government under which the people would be governed by both the state and national governments
16. someone who is opposed to a system of government in which power is divided between a single central government and several regional ones
18. right to govern themselves
19. creates laws
20. A convention of delegates from all the states except Rhode Island met in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in May of 1787
21. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.

1. The Plan called for each state to have one vote in Congress instead of the number of votes being based on population
4. sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid
6. The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.
7. counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups
9. the upper chamber in a bicameral legislature
10. of confederation
12. Judge laws
13. loose friendship of states
15. a minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc
17. Enforces laws