S.s Vocab

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Legislative Branch

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-Make Laws

-Bicameral

-House of Representatives and Senate

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Shays Rebellion

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-Led by Daniel Shay

-Happened because of taxes

-Didn't last long

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Constitution

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-It’s a plan for the government.

-It decides what it can and can’t do.

-Sets up different branches of government

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Rules and Regulations

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-There shall be a President and Commander-in-Chief appointed by ballot in this Congress, for six months, or during the time specified above.

-There shall be, in like manner, and for the like time, also a Council of Safety, consisting of thirteen persons, besides the five delegates to the General Congress, appointed to act in the name of a Privy Council to the said President or Commander-in-Chief.

-That the President shall be invested with all the executive powers of government not inconsistent with what is hereafter mentioned, but shall be bound to consult and follow the advise of the said Council in all cases whatsoever, and any seven of the said Committee shall be a quorum for the purpose of advising.

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Popular Soveringty

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- is the principle that the authority of a state and its government is created

-sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People)

-The people are the source of all political power.

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Executive

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-Having the power to put plans into effect.

-Also actions and laws into effect.

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Judicial

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-appropriate to a court or judge.

-Supreme Court

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Articles of Confederation

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-The original constitution of the US

-Ratified in 1781

-It was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.

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Problems with GA's First Constitution

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-unicameral

-Too much power for legislative branch

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GA signers of the Constitution

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- William Few

-Abraham Baldwin

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Bill of rights

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-is the collective name for the first ten amendments on the United States Constitution.