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45 Cards in this Set
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the government is not all powerful and there are certain indibidual rgights the government can not take away
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olimited government
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important document forced signed by king john to give individual rights such as trial by jury. Established the monarchy power wasn't absolute
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Magna Carta
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Idea that government should serve the will of the people. Limited government applied
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representative government
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Limited the king's power by restricting punishing ability and martial Law
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Petition of Right
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Included guaranteed rights such as a fair trial, freedom from excessive bail, and cruel and unusual punishment
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English Bill of Rights
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a written grant of authority from the king
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charter
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government that is 2 house
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bicameral
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government with 1 house
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unicameral
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a joining of several groups for a common purpose
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confederation
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ben franklin offered this plan to settle problems of colonial trades and attacks
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Albany plan of union
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representatives from each of the 13 colonies
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delegates
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refusal to buy or sell certain products or services
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boycott
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revoked. Used of king george's taces and trade regulations
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repealed.
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government can exist only with the consent of the governed (people)
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popular sovereignty
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Established a firm leage of frienship among the states. Gave each state sovereignty, frreom and independence
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Articles of Confederation
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formal aaproval of each of the 13 states
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ratification
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the chair of the congress but not president of U.S.
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presiding officer
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the group of delegates who attended the philadelphia convention including many outstanding individuals
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framers
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largely created by Madison, it called for a new government with 3 separate branches and made the legislature bicameral
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Virginia Plan
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kept the unicameral Congress with equal state representation added limited taxing and trade powers to Congress, opposed virginia plan with equal state representation not by population or fininacing
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New Jersey Plan
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Made agreed that Congress would be under 2 houses the senate and house. Called great compromise
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Connecticut compromise
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It settled the isue if slaved should be counted by saying every 3/5's of a group of slaves will count
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3/5's compromise
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Forbid congress to tax on exported goods and forbid their power to act on slave trade for 20 years
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Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
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favored ratification of the Constitution
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federalists
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Opposed Constitution ratificationn
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anti-federalist
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a majority
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quorum
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Short noteworthy introduction of the constitution
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preamble
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the balance of the original document balnced into these 7 numbered sections
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articles
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the government must be conducted according to constitutional principles
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constitutionalism
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holds that government and all of its officers are always subject to - never above - the law
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rule of law.
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the presidential system of the 3 basic powers having seperate independent branches
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separation of powers
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how the 3 branches are tied together, where each branch is checked by other branches
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checks and balances
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reject done by the president to congress
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veto
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the power of courts to decide whether what government does is in accord to what the constitution
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judicial review
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to declare illegal, null, and void of no force and effect
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unconstitutional
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the division of power among a central government and several regional governments
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federalism
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changes in the constitutions written words
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amendment
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changes or additions that become part of the written language of the constitution itself
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formal amendment
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first 10 amendments of the constituion
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bill of rights
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pact made by the president directly with the head of a foreign state
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executive agreement
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formal agreement between 2 or more sovereign states
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treaty
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group that makes the gormal selection of the nation's president
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electoral college
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advisory body to the president
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cabinet
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the senate will only approve certain individuals acceptable to the senator or senators of the president's problem from the state involved. A judge or marshal
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senatorial courtesy
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organized by a person to whom the king has made a grant of land
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proprietary
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