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52 Cards in this Set
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England |
Our mother country shared cultural and political heritage |
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Constitution |
A basic set of laws and principles that establishes a nation's government |
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Precedent |
Model for later judgments |
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Magna Carta |
Signed in 1215 By king John |
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Rule of law |
Which states that the government must act according to set laws |
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Put limits on taxation and no tax without representation |
Magna Carta 1 |
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Established assemblies to make laws and govern the people |
Magna Carta 2 |
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Protection of personal property |
Magna Carta 3 |
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Placed the king under the law just as subjects are |
Magna Carta 4 |
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Due process of law |
Magna Carta 5 |
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Due process of law |
A person could not be deprived of life liberty or property without appropriate legal proceedings and safeguards |
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Habeas corpus you shall have the body |
Magna Carta 6 |
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Habeas corpus |
Trial by peers no accused person may be imprisoned indefinitely without charges brought against him in a court of law |
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Bicameral |
Two houses |
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John Locke |
Social contract |
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Charter |
Is legal document issued by the monarchy which gave of settlers the right to establish colonies in North America |
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Delegate |
Someone who officially represents the interests of other people or of a government |
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Delegate |
Someone who officially represents the interests of other people or of a government |
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Mayflower compact 1620 |
Pilgrims government maintaining a law and order in the colonies |
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French and Indian war |
Main reason the relationship between the British government and the colonials change because the Fighting gave England a huge financial debt and majority came from protecting the north American territories |
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Stamp act |
Parliaments way of bringing in more revenue for the government to pay their war debt placed a tax on all printed materials like legal documents and cards |
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Boycott |
An agreement to stop buying or using a good or service |
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Stamp act |
Parliaments way of bringing in more revenue for the government to pay their war debt placed a tax on all printed materials like legal documents and cards |
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Boycott |
An agreement to stop buying or using a good or service |
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Townshend act |
A tax on every day items like paint or window glass |
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Stamp act |
Parliaments way of bringing in more revenue for the government to pay their war debt placed a tax on all printed materials like legal documents and cards |
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Boycott |
An agreement to stop buying or using a good or service |
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Townshend act |
A tax on every day items like paint or window glass |
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Tea act |
Forced colonies to by T from the East Indian company angering the colonial tea merchants |
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Stamp act |
Parliaments way of bringing in more revenue for the government to pay their war debt placed a tax on all printed materials like legal documents and cards |
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Bill of rights |
1791 |
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Anti-Federalists |
Didn't want rights taken from the states led by Sam Adams Wanted Bill of Rights |
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Federalists |
Supporters of the constitution included Alexander Hamilton published the Federalist papers defending the Constitution |
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Articles of confederation |
1777 |
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Seven states had to approve any measures in Congress |
AoC1 |
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Unanimous vote to amend articles was impossible |
AoC2 |
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No executive to enforce the law |
AoC3 |
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No federal court to settle disputes |
AoC4 |
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No authority over interstate trade |
AoC5 |
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No power to tax |
AoC6 |
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Boycott |
An agreement to stop buying or using a good or service |
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States made their own money |
AoC7 |
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Could only request soldiers and couldn't pay them couldn't raise an army |
AoC8 |
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Strengths of the articles of Confederation |
Kept states together Won the war Treaty of Paris in 1783 |
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Townshend act |
A tax on every day items like paint or window glass |
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Tea act |
Forced colonies to by T from the East Indian company angering the colonial tea merchants |
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Continental Congress |
First met 1774 |
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Tyranny |
Absolutely rule by a government that ignores rights and welfare of people |
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July 4, 1776 Thomas Jefferson |
Declaration of independence |
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James Madison |
Father of the Constitution |
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Roger Sherman of Connecticut |
The great compromise |
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The great compromise |
Houses of representatives is based on population and is better for the big states Senate voting is equal favored small states |
