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48 Cards in this Set
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basic complaint before making the dec. of independance
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king acting in a uncivilized way, and the king was violating the higher law.
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what is higher law?
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humanity, civility, and christianity
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what are the two symbols of the dec of ind.?
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higher law and self gov.
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what did representation and a constitutional US congress do?
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"extend the sphere"
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how did representation and consitutional US congress help?
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made a large diversified economy
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how did what rep and constitutional US congress help with faction?
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IF faction doesn't get majority rule, nothing happens.
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WTF is faction?
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a group of citizens of whatever size who are united by a common interest that seek laws in compatible with justice and the general good
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what book did PULBIUS write?
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the federalists papers
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WHO is publius
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alexander hamilton, james madison, and john jay
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incentives for deliberation
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helps filter out faction
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where does the deliberation process take place?
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in the legislature
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what kind of reps are in the legislature
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virtuous, wise, and have a passion for politics
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in grassoland when running for rep, the candidate has to do what?
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attract all types of voters, and include their problems in their speech.
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what do each of the groups start acting like..? with passion and the same interests?
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a faction
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what would make the perfect rep?
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abundant of fit character, can overcome obstacles, and independant minded
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what does the rep ABSOLUTELY HAVE to be
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a virtuous person
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how many parts is publius' solution to the problem of self gov with justice?
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four
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part 1 is what?
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"extended sphere"
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part 2 is what?
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deliberation
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part 3 is what?
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wise & public spirited reps
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part 4 is what?
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virtuous people
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extended sphere does what?
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prevents immidiate formation of faction, slows down decision making, makes a window of opp., makes incintives to deliberate so they can elect the right reps
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deliberation does what?
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filters out faction, helps make the right decision
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wise and public spirited reps does what?
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takes place in the legislature
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what are virtuous people?
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choose to do the right thing
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what does constitutionalism have the same problems as (a document)
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virginia bill of rights
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whats the 1st problem with constitutionalism?
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written constitution
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whats the 2nd problem with consititutionalism?
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dependance on the people
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3rd problem with constitutionalism?
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procedural rights
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4th prob. with constit.
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substintive rights
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5th and most important problem with constitutionalism
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seperation of powers
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6th is
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checks and balances
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what is checks and balances?
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system where each branch of gov. is given weapons to use against theft
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deff of tirany
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without sep. of powers
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anti-nationalist
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not enough to vote
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state aquality nationalist
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proportionate to population
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majoritarian-nationalist
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majority rule
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rules in the room when writing the constitution
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absolute secrecy, and each state gets one vote
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virginia lays out whos plan in the room
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james madison
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james madision is a what kind of nationalist
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majoritarian
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new jersey is whos plan
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william patterson
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william patterson is what kind of nationalist
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anti and state equality
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what two documents were they suppost to revise but they just trashed all together?
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articles of confederation and principle of state soverignty
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why does the north dominate congress?
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there are more states
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what is super-majority?
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alot more than 1/2
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what is simple-majority
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more than 1/2
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slaves count as what fraction of a person?
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3/5
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how did the north and south compromise?
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that slaves count as 3/5ths and cannot outlaw or tax slaves heavily for 20 yrs
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