I have: Legislature

Who has: Kings or queens that held all the power in their nation's governments, able to rule by force.

I  have: Absolute Monarchs

Who has: Where the government has total control over the lives of the people.

I  have: Totalitarian Government

Who has: The people of a nation rule directly or elect officials who will act for them.

I  have: Democracy

Who has: Where all the voters in a community meet together to make laws and decide on what actions to take.

I  have: Direct democracy

Who has: Where the people elect representatives to carry on the work of government for them.

I  have: Representative Democracy

Who has:

The authority Americans have set up to help them rule their own affairs.

I  have: American Government

Who has: Rules of conduct that a society must follow. They are written so the people can know and obey them.

I  have: Laws

Who has: This document explains the reasons the 13 American colonies decided to separate from Great Britain and form a free nation. It states the position that the powers of government comes from the consent of the governed (the people).

I  have: Declaration of Independence

Who has: A representative, in this case, to the meeting in Philadelphia in 1787, to find ways to improve the national government.

I  have: Delegates

Who has: Written plans of government. Constitutions contain many of the laws of our country. They also establish national and state government and they state the purpose for those governments.

I  have: Constitutions

Who has: This document was America's first plan of government, drawn up by the Continental Congress in 1777 and approved by the 13 states to be put into effect in 1781. It set up a firm league of friendship among the 13 states.

I  have: Articles of Confederation

Who has: A loose association rather than a firm union of states.

I  have: Confederation

Who has: The world's oldest written plan of government. It replaced the Articles of Confederation.

I  have: The Constitution

Who has: The lawmaking body of the British government.

I  have: Parliament

Who has: Signed by King John in 1215, this document won certain rights for the people of England, it guaranteed that free people could not be arrested, put in prison, or forced to leave unless given a trial of their peers.

I  have: Magna Carta

Bicameral

Who has: This type of government has one person or a small group holding all the power. Government rules by force.

I  have: Dictatorship

Who has: Having two-houses. Both Parliament and the Congress are this type of legislatures.

I  have: Bicameral
Laws

Who has: An agreement in which each side gives up part of its demands.

I  have: Compromise
Legislature

Who has: The delegates of the constitutional Convention developed an agreement where the legislature would have two houses. In one house, representation would be equal. In the other, the House of Representatives, the state would be represented according to the size of the population.

I  have: Great Compromise

Who has: The Constitution had to be sent to the states for approval.  9 out of 13 states were needed to put the new constitution into effect.

I  have: Ratification

Who has: Supporters of the Constitution who favored a strong central government

I  have: Federalists

Who has: People who opposed the new constitution because they felt a strong central government defeated the purpose of the war against Great Britain. They believed the Constitution would not protect the power of the states or the freedom of the people.

I Have: Anti-Federalists

Who has: The entire system of authority, or power, that rules on behalf of a group of people.

I Have: Government

Who Has: A form of government where there is no king or queen or position that is inherited. The leaders are elected by the people.

I have: Republic

Who has: The 1787 meeting in which leaders wrote a constitution that established a government for the United States.

I have: Constitutional Convention

Who Has:  A lawmaking body such as Congress or Parliament.