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31 Cards in this Set
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a document signed by King John, made the King subject to law
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Magna Carta
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passed in 1689; a shift of political power from British monarchy to Parliment
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English Bill of Rights
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a set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government
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constitution
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a document that 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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Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
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the right to vote
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suffrage
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the document that created the first central government for the United States; was replaced by the Constitution in 1789
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Articles of Confederation
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official approval
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ratification
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legislation passed by Congress authorizing surveys and the division of public lands in the western region of the country
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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legislation passed by congress to establish a political structure for the Northwest Territory and created a system for the admission of new states
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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lands including present-day Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; organized by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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Northwest Territory
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taxes on imports or exports
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tarrifs
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trade between two or more states
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interstate commerce
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increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
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inflation
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a period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
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depression
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the uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt
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Shays's Rebellion
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a meeting held in Philadelphia at which delagates from the states wrote the constitution
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Constitutional Convection
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the plan for government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in which the national governments would have supreme power and legislative branch would have two houses with representation determined by store population
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Virginia Plan
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a proposal to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation of states rather than representation by population; rejected at Constitutional Convention
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New Jersey Plan
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an agreement to create a two-house legislature
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Great Compromise
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an agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention stating only three-fifths of slaves in a state would count when determining a state's population for representation in the lower house of Congress
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Three- Fifths Compromise
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the idea that political authority belongs to the people
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popular sovereignty
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the sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country
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federalism
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the division of the government that proposes bills and passes laws
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legislative branch
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a division of the government that includes the president and departments that help run the government
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executive branch
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a division of the government made up of all the national courts
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judicial branch
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a system that keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful
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check and balances
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people who opposed the Constitution
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antifederalists
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supporters of the Constitution
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federalists
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a series of essays that defended and explained the Constitution and tried to reassure Americans that the states would not be overpowered by the proposed national government
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federalists papers
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official changes of the Constitution
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amendments
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10 of the proposed amendments intended to protect citizens' rights
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Bill of Rights
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