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21 Cards in this Set
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States that government is restricted in what it may do. Each individual has rights that government can't take away |
Limited Government |
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System of government in which public policies are made by officials selected by the voters & held accountable in periodic elections |
Representative Government |
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Established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute & guaranteed trial by jury & due process of law to the mobility |
Magna Carta |
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Document prepared by Parliament; challenged the idea of the divine right of kings. Declared that even the monarch was subject to the laws of the land |
Petition of Right |
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Documents written by Parliament; designed to prevent abuse of power by English monarchs. |
English Bill of Rights |
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A legislative body composed of two chambers |
Bicameral |
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A legislative body with one chamber |
Unicameral |
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Joining of several groups for a common purpose |
Confederation |
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Basic principle of the American system of government; people are the source of any and all government power. Government can only exist with the consent of the governed |
Popular Sovereignty |
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Established "a firm league of friendship" among the States, but allowed few important powers to the central government |
Articles of Confederation |
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Formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of the constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty |
Ratification |
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Called for a three-branch government & with a bicameral legislature in which each State's membership would be determined by its population or its financial support for the central government |
Virginia Plan |
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Alternative to the Virginia Plan. Called for a unicameral legislature in which each state would be equally represented |
New Jersey Plan |
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Agreed that congress should be composed of a Senate, in which states would be represented equally, and a House, where representation would be based on a State's population |
Connecticut Compromise |
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An agreement to count slaves as three-fifths of a person when determining the population of a state |
Three-fifths Compromise |
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An agreement protecting slave holders. Denied Congress the power to tax the export of goods from any state & the power to act on the slave trade |
Commerce & Slave Trade Compromise |
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The people that supported the ratification of the constitution in 1787-1788 |
Federalists |
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The people who opposed the ratification of the constitution in 1787-1788 |
Anti-Ferderalists |
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Least number of members who must be present for a legislative body to conduct business; majority |
Quorum |
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Least number of members who must be present for a legislative body to conduct business; majority |
Quorum |
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Series of essays written by Madison & Hamilton, to ratify the Constitution |
Federalists Papers |
