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39 Cards in this Set
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Two house legislature
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bicameral
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A written grant of authority
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charter
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Bicameral, Self-governed, Governors elected, Liberal judges appointed, Power rested with the people, Connecticut and Rhode Island
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charter colonies
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Written by Parliament and agreed on by William and Mary of England--designed to prevent abuse of power by monarchs
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English Bill of Rights
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Charter forced upon King John of England by his barons in 1215; established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility
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Magna Carta
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Two house legislature
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bicameral
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A written grant of authority
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charter
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Bicameral, Self-governed, Governors elected, Liberal judges appointed, Power rested with the people, Connecticut and Rhode Island
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charter colonies
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Written by Parliament and agreed on by William and Mary of England--designed to prevent abuse of power by monarchs
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English Bill of Rights
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Charter forced upon King John of England by his barons in 1215; established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility
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Magna Carta
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Document prepared by Parliament and signed by King Charles I of England in 1628; challenged the idea of the divine right of kings and declared that even the monarch was subjects to the laws of the land
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Petition of Right
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Proprietor gives grant, appointed governor, Maryland and Pennsylvania
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Proprietary colonies
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system of government in which public policies are made by officials selected by the voters and held accountable in periodic elections
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Representative Government
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King named governor, executive council of advisory board, governors usually ruled with "iron fists" Virginia
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Royal Colonies
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One house legislature
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Unicameral
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Which colony was founded on religious freedom?
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Massachusetts
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Which colony was founded as a debtor colony?
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Georgia
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Which basic concept did the Magna Carta give us?
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Limited government, individuals have rights, due process by law, and trial by jury
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Did British rule become more or less strict toward the colonists later in the 18th century?
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more strict
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By 1760 were any of the colonies independent or ruled through self-government?
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Charter colonies
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a joining of several groups for a common purpose
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confederation
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proposed by Ben Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes (plan turned down by colonies and the Crown)
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Albany Plan of Union
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representatives
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delegate
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refusal to buy or sell certain products or services
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boycott
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withdrawn/cancelled
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repealed
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gov. can exist only with the consent of the governed
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popular sovereignty
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Plan of gov. adopted by the Continental Congress after the American Revolution; established a "firm league of friendships" among the States, but allowed few important powers to the central gov.
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Articles of Confederation
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formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty
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ratification
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chair
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presiding officer
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group of delegates who drafted the US Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787
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Framers
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Plan presented by delegates from VA at the Constitutional Convention; called for a 3-branch gov. with a bicameral legislature in which each State's membership would be determined by its population or its financial support for the central gov.
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Virginia Plan
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Plan presented as an alternative to the VA plan at the Constitutional Convention; called for a unicameral legislature in which each state would be equally represented
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New Jersey Plan
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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 States were represented based on population
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Connecticut Compromise
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an agreement at the Constitutional Convention to could a slave as 3/5 of a person when determining population of state
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3/5 Compromise
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Agreement during the Constitutional Convention protecting slave holders; denied Congress the power the export of goods from any State, and for 20 years the power to act on the slave trade
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Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
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those persons who supported the ratification of the Constitution
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Federalists
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those persons who opposed the ratification of the Constitution
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Anti-Federalists
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least number of members who must be present for a legislative body to conduct business; majority
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quorum
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separation of powers: legislative, judicial, executive
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checks and balances
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