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| the supreme and absolute power within its territories and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies. |
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| the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies |
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| a body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically within a government and with the power to make and enforce law without consent of any higher authority. |
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| supreme authority rests with the people. (The will of the people is translated into public law directly by the people themselves in mass meetings). |
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| powers held by a single person or small group. |
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| A centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency |
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| A form of government in which a written constitution divides power between central, or national governments and several regional governments. |
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| in Philly 1775 shot heard around the world and the nations’ first national government. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| Plan of government adopted by the Continental Congress after the American Revolution; established “a firm league of friendship” among the States, but allowed a few important powers to the central government. |
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| those persons who opposed the ratification of the Constitution. |
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| Those persons who supported the ratification of the Constitution. |
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