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23 Cards in this Set
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Declaration of Independence |
A document explaining why the American colonists we're breaking away from Britain |
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Dictatorship |
Authoritarian form of government with a single leader usually maintaining power by force |
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Direct Democracy |
Form of government where all citizens participate in decisions and create laws |
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Boycott |
Form of economic protest where citizens refuse to buy goods |
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Enlightenment |
Intellectual movement where philosophers applied reason and logical thought to society |
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Government |
A system of managing society through law to maintain order |
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John Locke |
Enlightenment philosopher who wrote of natural rights and inspired the writers of the DOI |
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Magna Carta |
First document that limited the power of the monarch and granted some civil rights to nobles |
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Monarchy |
Form of government with a king or queen as a central leader. Power is handed down through heredity |
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Natural rights |
Freedoms that all people are born with: life, liberty, and property according to John Locke |
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Representative Democracy |
Form of government where citizens choose representatives to govern and create laws on their behalf |
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Social contract |
Explains an agreement between the government and it's citizens. The government will protect natural rights and the citizens will follow rule of law |
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3/5 compromise |
Agreement between southern and northern states. Every 5 slaves would count as 3 persons when determining population representation in Congress |
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Amend |
To make change or addition |
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Anti Federalists |
Group who opposed the ratification of the Constitution. Supported states rights and individual liberties |
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Articles of confederation |
The us first plan of government |
It failed |
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Commerce and slave trade compromise |
Congress could regulate interstate and foreign trade. They could not tax exports or abolish slave trade for 20 years |
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Electoral college compromise |
Created body of electors to choose the president and vice president |
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Federalists |
Group who supported the ratification of the Constitution. They favored a strong central government. |
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Great compromise |
Created a bicameral legislature with representation based on states population in the house of representatives. Each state would have 2 representatives in the senate |
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New jersey plan |
Proposed a unicameral legislature with equal representation per state. Favored by small states |
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Ratify |
To approve |
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Virginia plan |
Proposed a bicameral lesgislature with representation based on population. Favored by large states |
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