Federalists & Anti-Federalists/Bill of Rights Vocabulary

Individual Freedoms

• The ability to act freely as a person

• Freedoms that are given to a normal person and cannot be taken away

• Rights that are protected by the government for their citizens

Ratify (Ratification)

• To remove a law from the constitution through voting or signing by the citizens

• To make official or approve a treaty by voting or signing

• To impose a law on a nation with the people's opinion that is collected as voting

Anti-Federalist

• Those who supported the ratification of the Constitution; wanted a Bill of rights to protect all citizens

• Those who opposed ratification of the Constitution; wanted a Bill of Rights to protect all citizens

• Those who supported the ratification of the Constitution (Federal Government); did not want a Bill of Rights as it was overpowered.

Federalists

• Those who supported the ratification of the Constitution; wanted a Bill of rights to protect all citizens

• Those who supported the ratification of the Constitution (Federal Government); did not want a Bill of Rights as it was overpowered.

• Supporters of the stronger central government who advocated the ratification of the new Constitution

Bill of Rights

• The government couldn't modify the list of individual rights that the colonists added as the citizens had the power to modify it

• The first 10 amendments of the US Constitution, contain a list of individual rights and liberties

• The first 10 articles of the US Constitution, contain a list of individual rights and liberties

• The first 13 amendments of the US Constitution, contain a list of individual rights and liberties

Federalist Papers

• Essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to bring the Bill of rights to power

• Essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to push for the ratification of the Constitution

• Essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to replace the Articles of Confederation with the Bill of rights

Amendment

• To change the meaning or words of a law or document

• To replace a law with a new law

• To bring a law or document into power

Due Process of Law

• All the procedures for fair treatment that must be carried out whenever an immigrant is accused, 5th Amendment

• All the procedures for unfair treatment that must be carried out whenever a criminal is accused of a crime, 5th Amendment

• All the procedures for fair treatment that must be carried out whenever a citizen is accused of a crime, 5th Amendment

Jury

• A group of citizens chosen to hear evidence and make a decision in a court of law

• The highest position in the Supreme Court; can carry out trials

• The highest person in the Supreme Court; can find out who is guilty or not

Petition

• Formal request to someone in power, usually used for sending evidence to the Supreme Court

• Formal request to someone in power, usually used for accusing someone of a crime (sent to the Supreme Court)

• Formal request to someone in power, usually written and signed by a group of people