vocab gov

2. government by the people
6. the power to execute the laws
9. a supreme ruler
11. system of government by one person with absolute power
13. no to a law
16. and sharing of power between the national and state governments.
17. power held by the court
21. the only part of the government that can
22. the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch

1. the United States Government, its legislative.executive and judicial.branches and the statutes, rules, and regulations enacted by those branches of government.
3. When a group of people or nations form an alliance
4. of Confederation,written document that established the functions of the national
5. new laws or change existing laws
7. of the United States
8. absolute ruler
10. the system to govern a state or community
12. power is distributed and limited by a system of laws that must be obeyed by the rulers
14. who believes in the type of political system in which states or territories share control with a central government
15. system to prevent any one branch from having too much power than the other
18. the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group
19. two chambers
20. of Rights, an act that the Parliament of England passed on December 16, 1689