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28 Cards in this Set
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Separation of Powers |
Split of authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branch so no one branch can become to powerful. |
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Rule of law |
A principal that helped found our country, protects citizens from abusive governments and is essential to democracy. It says No one is above the law not even the president. |
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Checks and Balances |
Each branch can check or limit the power of the other branches |
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Magna Carta |
The document that established the principle of limited government |
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English Bill of Rights |
Ended the struggle between parliament and the king. This gave parliament the power to check the king and guaranteed more rights for nobles |
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Mayflower Compact |
Created a self-government of direct democracy in the colonies |
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Enlightenment thinker whose ideas of natural rights inspired Thomas Jefferson |
John Locke |
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According to John Locke what is one of the most important role/responsibilities of government |
Protect citizen's natural rights |
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The Rule of Law is necessary to obtain |
Limited Government |
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Colonist's responded to 'Common Sense' by Thomas Paine |
Pushed for declaring independence |
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British response to the Boston Tea Party |
Parliament passes Intolerable Acts (Coercive) |
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Grievances |
A complaint or protest |
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Grievances in Declaration of Independence |
No trail by jury, quartering troops, raising taxes without consent, closing Boston harbor, and making town meetings illegal. |
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Intolerable Acts/Coercive |
The Boston Port Act, The Massachusetts Government Act, The quartering Act, The impartial Administration of Justice Act, and The Quebec Act |
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French and Indian War |
War fought to defend Colonist against the French and Indians who were angry at them for moving into their territory. It caused massive war debt and led to many new taxes. |
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Stamp Act |
A tax placed on every piece of printed paper, this was protested by the Colonist. |
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Tea Act |
Act requiring colonist to purchase their tea directly from the British and placed heavy taxes on foreign tea |
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Quartering Act |
Part of the coercive acts that required colonist to quarter/house British soldiers. |
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What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
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1.Had no power to impose taxes. 2.Did not give the Congress nor national government enough power. 3. Gave more power to the states. 4. Consisted only of a legislature. |
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What caused shays rebellion? |
The war debts and the lack of money led to farmers losing their property. They rebelled to protest. |
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Virginia Plan
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Big State Plan-Two houses in the Legislative Branch both based on population, Strong central government, Three Branches. |
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New Jersey
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Small State Plan- based on the AOC, Equal representation in the Legislative Branch, a committee to enforce laws. |
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The Great Compromise |
Combined both plans- 3 Branches, Two house Legislative Branch with the House being based on population and the Senate being equal for each state. |
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3/5 Compromise |
A compromise to gain the support of States with large slave populations. Agreed to count each slave as 3/5 of a person towards the total population count. |
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Preamble |
introduction to the Constitution that established the 6 goals of our new government. |
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Federalist |
supported ratification of the Constitution, wanted a strong Federal government, wrote the Federalist papers to win support. |
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Anti-Federalist |
Were afraid of a strong federal government, wanted the States to have more power, wouldn't ratify the Constitution unless a Bill of Rights was added to protect our rights. |
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How were the AOC and Shays' Rebellion related? |
Shays' rebellion was responsible for exposing the weaknesses of the AOC and led to the Constitutional Convention which ended the AOC and created our new Constitution. |
