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Limited government
Basic principle of American government which states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away
Representative government
System of government in which Public policies are made by officials selected by the voters and held accountable in periodic elections
Magna Carta
Great charter that established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility
Petition of right
Document prepared by Parliament and signed by king Charles I; challenged the idea of divine right of kings and declared that even the monarch was subject to the laws of the land
Charter
A city's basic law its constitution; a written grant of authority from the king
Bicameral
An adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers
Proprietary
Organized by a proprietor (a person to whom the king had made a grant of land)
Unicameral
An adjective describing a legislative body with one chamber
Confederation
A joining of several groups for a common purpose
Delegate
Those powers repressed, implied, or inherent granted to the National Government by the constitution
Boycott
Refusal to buy or sell certain products or services
Repeal
Recall
Popular sovereignty
Basic principle of the American system of government which asserts that the people are the source of any and all government power, and government can exist only with the consent of the governed
Articles of Confederation
Plan of government adopted by the continental congress after the American Revolution established a "league of friendship" among states but allowed a few important powers to central government
Ratification
Formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty
Presiding officer
Chair
Connecticut compromise
Agreement during the constitutional convention that congress should be composed of a senate in which states would be represented equally, and a House, in which representation would be based on a States population
Three-fifths compromise
An agreement at the constitutional convention to count a slave as three-fifths of a person when determining the population of a state
Federalists
Those persons who supported the ratification of the constitution in 1787-1788
Anti-Federalist
Those persons who opposed the ratification of the constitution in 1787-1788
Quorum
Least number of members who must be present for a legislative body to conduct business; majority