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| national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives |
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| person designated to act for or represent another or others; a representative, as in a political convention |
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| draft of a proposed law presented to a legislature |
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| Basic principle of the United States government, whereby powers and responsibilities are divided among the legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch |
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| sum of money demanded by a government |
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| basic law of the United States, drafted in Philadelphia in 1787and ratified in 1788 and put into effect in 1789 |
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| unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution |
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| to do away with; put an end to |
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| the highest body in the judicial branch. composed of a chief justice and eight associate justices |
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| basic rights of the people of the United States, put into the constitution as Amendments 1–10 |
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| The lower house of the United States Congress. With 435 elected officials |
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| having the function of making laws |
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| ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION |
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| the first constitution of the 13 American states, adopted in 1781 and replaced in 1789 by the Constitution of the United States. |
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| freedom from external or foreign rule; independence |
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| meeting or formal assembly of representatives or delegates, for discussion of and action on particular matters of common concern. |
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| the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. |
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| system of constitutional government which guards against absolute power by providing for separate executive, judicial, and legislative branches who share powers and thereby regulate one another |
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| introductory statement of the U.S. constitution, setting forth the general principles of American government and beginning with the words, “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union. …” |
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| a change to or an addition to a motion, bill, constitution |
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| upper house of Congress consisting of 100 elected representatives (2 from each state) |
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system of government in which power is divided between a national (federal)
government and various state governments |
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