US History Unit 1 Vocab

4. Money that is owed and needs to be paid back.
7. Sharing power between the national government and state governments.
9. Officially approving or signing off on something, like a law or the Constitution.
11. When two or more countries agree to help and support each other.
12. A government where people vote for leaders to make decisions for them.
13. Something that breaks the rules of the Constitution.
15. People moving from one place to live in another place.
16. The idea that a country should stay out of other countries' problems.
17. A loose group of states or governments that work together but each still has its own power.
18. A country or state's right to rule itself, with no outside control.

1. A system where colonies exist to make money for the country that controls them.
2. A time period when people believed in using logic and reason, and thought all people should have rights.
3. A group of people ruling and making decisions for themselves.
5. When the government takes money from people to pay for things like roads and armies.
6. A government with two separate parts that both vote on laws (like the House and Senate).
8. Disagreeing with a decision, law, or leader.
10. When people fight back against their government or ruler.
14. Both sides give up a little of what they want so they can agree.