What do we call the branch of the government that proposes bills and sometimes passes them into laws? The Congress is one of these.

What is the term for the method used to distribute the 435 representatives in the House of Representatives among the 50 states so that every state gets a portion of the seats in Congress.

This term means permission. The government derives its just powers from the governed when this is given.

This is done when we formally approve something, like turning a bill into law or adding an amendment to the Constitution.

What term can be used for an official representing a country abroad (in another country)? An ambassador would be an example.

What do we call a written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power, by which an institution such as a company, college, bank, or city is created and its rights and privileges are defined? Hint: The Magna Carta in 1215 was a Great one of these, and each of the colonies received one from the King.

This term means to give up power or territory. Like when you give up some of your freedoms to be part of a society.

This means to formally withdraw from a group, like the Confederate States of America tried to do when they tried to break off from the United States before the Civil War.

This means to revoke (take back) or annul. The United States did this to the Eighteenth Amendment when it passed the Twenty-First Amendment.

This term could be a noun or a verb and, even though it is spelled the same, it would be pronounced a different way depending on how you use it.

This could be a person sent or authorized to represent others,

or it could mean to entrust a task or responsibility to another person, like giving a member of Congress the power to vote for us.

Parts of Speech: What part of speech is the word sovereign in the following sentence?

The United States is a sovereign nation.