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29 Cards in this Set
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MAGNA CARTA
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A document signed by King John in 1215. It made the King subject to law.
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CONSTITUTION
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A constitution is a set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government.
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VIRGINIA STATUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
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This document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money.
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SUFFRAGE
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Right to vote.
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ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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Congress would become the single branch of the national government, but it would have limited powers in order to protect the liberties of the people.
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RATIFICATION
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Official approval.
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LAND ORDINANCE OF 1785
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The ordinance set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands.
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NORTHWEST ORDINANCE OF 1787
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The ordinance established the Northwest Territory, which included areas that are now in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
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TARIFFS
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Taxes on imports or exports.
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE
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Trade between two or more states.
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INFLATION
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Occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money.
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DEPRESSION
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A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment.
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SHAYS'S REBELLION
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The uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavey debt.
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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
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Held in May 1787 in Philadelphia's Independence Hall to improve the Articles of Confederation.
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VIRGINIA PLAN
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A new federal constitution that would give sovereignty, or supreme power, to the central government.
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NEW JERSEY PLAN
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It called for a unicameral, or one-house, legislature. The plan gave each state an equal number of votes, and thus an equal voice, in the federal government.
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GREAT COMPROMISE
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The agreement to create a two-house legislature.
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THREE-FIFTHS COMPROMISE
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Under this agreement only three-fifths of a state's slave population would count when determining representation.
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POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
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The idea that political authority belongs to the people.
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FEDERALISM
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The sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
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Congress is responsible for proposing and passing laws.
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EXECUTIVE BRANCH
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Includes the president and the departments that help run the government.
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JUDICIAL BRANCH
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Is made up of all the national courts.
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CHECKS AND BALANCES
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Keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful.
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ANTIFEDERALISTS
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People who opposed the Constitution.
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FEDERALISTS
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Supporters of the Constitution.
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FEDERALIST PAPERS
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These essays supporting the Constitution were written anonymously under the name Publius.
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AMENDMENTS
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Official changes.
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BILL OF RIGHTS
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10 of the proposed amendments intended to protect citizens' rights.
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