Constitution and federalism (1) Key Words

• Tyranny: had to pay tax but held no representatives in the UK parliament
• Declaration of independence 1776: 13 colonies signed declaration of independence leading to a war and defeat of the British in 1783
• Confederacy: a league of independent states where the national gov lacks significant power
• codification: process of drawing up a system and collection of rules that are written in one single document and entrenched
• Constitutional framework: judicial, legislative and executive
• enumerated powers: delegated to the federal gov explicitly stated under the constitution
• implied powers: federal gov that the constitution does not explicitly mention , but which are reasonably implied by the enumerated powers
• Concurrent powers: powers possessed by both the federal and state governments
• Reserved powers: powers not delegated to the federal gov, or prohibited by it to the states, are set aside for the states and the people within the 10th amendment