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17 Cards in this Set
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Shay's Reballion & reaction
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a revolt in mass. led by farmers reacting to high taxes.
Americans saw this as a weakness in the Articles of Confederation. |
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constitution
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document that sets out laws, principals, organization and processes of a government.
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Articles of Confederation
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passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states.
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Bill of Rights
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written list of freedoms the government promises to protect.
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Northwest Ordinace
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a 1787 law that set up a government for the Nothwest Territory
a state must have 60,000 settlers and get approved by Congress. |
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Roman Republic's example for US
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-independence and public service
-serve in public office, not for money but because they were devoted to their country. |
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John Locke
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-english writer that published Two Treatises of Government in 1690
-natural rights and agreement between ruler and ruled |
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anti-federalist
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people who oppesed the Constitution and a strong central government
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Magna Carta
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signed in 1215, a British document that contained two basic ideas; monarchs themselves had to pbey the laws, and citizens have basic rights
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federalists
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supporter of a srtong federal government
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James Madison
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-proposed the Virgnia Plan
-the "father of the Constitution" |
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reasons states' wrote constitutions
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limit government power and protect the rights of citizens
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Central Government
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federal government
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Amend
Amendments |
change
changes to the Consitution |
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federalism
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a principal of the United States Constitution that establihes the division of power between the federal and the state government
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Baron de Montesquieu
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french author of The Spirit of Laws, he stressed the importance of laws
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Checks and Balances
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a principal of the United States Constitution that gives each branch of government the pwoer to chack the other branches
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