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- General Welfare Clause
- Congress can make laws to protect the common welfare
- Impeach
- accuse of serious crimes while in office
- Electoral College
- group of state rep. choses to elect the president
- Philadelphia convention
- a meeting in 1793 to reivse the articles of confederation
- Faction
- self serving group
- Civic Virtue
- Promting common welfare about own selfish intrests
- Republican Government
- People have power; give some to reps; reps promote common wlefare
- Compromise
- Give a little get a little
- Amend
- Change
- Social Compact
- agress to follow laws for protection
- National Government
- government fo rthe whole country
- Legislative branch Executive branch Judical Branch
- Makes the laws enforces the laws interprets the laws
- Natural Rights
- Rights you have because your human
- Great Compromise
- congress has two houses senate: equal reps House: proportional rep
- Federalism
- people have power; give some to central and state government; keep some
- Necessary and proper clause
- Congress can make laws to do it job
- Simple majority Vite
- More than half the votes
- Sovereignty
- ultiment power to govern
- Common welfare
- Good of entire community
- Seperated Powers
- each branch has different and shared powers
- Checks and Balances
- each branch had equal power and can stop abuse by other branches
- Higher Law
- defines basic rights protects basic rights defines privite domain limits power limits change
- Table a vote
- kills the bill