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34 Cards in this Set
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John Locke
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English Philosopher who developed the theory of natural rights.
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Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom
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Stated the human was created free and that government control over religion was tyrannical
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Judith Sargent Murray
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One of the first female playwrights in the United States. She began to redefine the ideal of motherhood.
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Republican Motherhood
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they proposed that American women could influence politics and society through their work in the home.
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Benjamin Franklin
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An early supporter of a confederation of states was American's elder statesman
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Articles of Confederation
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A confederation, or associations, of states while guaranteeing each state its "sovereignty, freedom, and independence."
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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The ordinance marked off the land into townships and divided each township into 640 acre tracts.
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Northwest Ordinance
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established a system for governing the Lakes and west of Pennsylvania to the Mississippi River.
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Depression
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a sharp drop in business activity accompanied by rising unemployment.
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Daniel Shays
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a former Revolutionary War captain, angry farmers took up arms against the government.
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Shay's Rebellion
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Angry farmers took up arms against the government.
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Constitutional Convention
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A meeting to strengthen the government.
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James Madison
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He was one of the people who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress.
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Edmund Randolph
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He triggered a heated debate when he presented the Virginia Plan.
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Virginia Plan
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A proposal to restructure the government was a bold departure from the Articles of Confederation.
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federalism
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The division of powers between a strong central government and the state governments.
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Bicameral
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Made up of two houses.
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Roger Sherman
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He proposed a two-house legislature that would allot for both equal representation and representation based on population
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Great Compromise
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It granted each state, regardless of size, an equal voice in the upper house. In the lower house, representation would be according to population.
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Three-Fifths Compromise
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Only three fifths of a state's population would count in determining its representation.
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Tariffs
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Taxes on imports and exports, overseas buyers would have to pay more for southern agricultural products.
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Federalists
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Favored ratification.
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Antifederalists
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They feared a powerful national government.
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The Federalist
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Known as the Federalist Papers.
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Delegated powers
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The rights to coin money, to regulate trade with foreign nations and among the stats and to raise and support an army and navy
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Reserved powers
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All powers not specifically granted to the federal government or denied to the states are kept, or reserved, by the states.
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Concurrent powers
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The powers that are held jointly by the federal governments and state governments.
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Supremacy clause
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Ranks the U.S. Constitution and all federal laws above state constitutions and state laws.
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Separation of powers
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Prevents any one branch from becoming too powerful.
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Checks and balances
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Gives each branch the means to restrain the powers of the other two.
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Impeachment
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The most powerful restriction on presidential authority. The House of Representatives may impeach, or charge, a president who is thought to be guilty of "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
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Veto
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Reject bills passed by Congress
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Override
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Overrule, a presidential veto, the two-thirds majority necessary to do so is often difficult to obtain.
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Elastic clause
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Increased the document's flexibility.
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