Vocab 1

5. the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
6. An object made by a human being, typically a primary source.
7. government. a system of government where the people elect public office holders to make laws and conduct government on the people's behalf.
8. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
10. fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen's entitlement.
11. a system of government where the people rule.
13. the government and those who govern are bound by the law, as are those who are governed.
14. Something that is written about a primary source.

1. Statute for Religious Freedom. The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom was drafted in 1777 by Thomas Jefferson in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and introduced into the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond in 1779. On January 16, 1786, the Assembly enacted the statute into the state's law.
2. The people are the source of all and any government power
3. a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized
4. Something that where made during the actual event like, diaries, artifacts, and recordings.
9. government is not all-powerful and may do only those things the people have given it do
12. a preliminary or preparatory statement; on introduction