U.S. Constitution
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Magna Carta | a document signed by King John in 1215, made the king subject to law |
| English Bill of Rights | passed in 1689, declared the supremacy of Parliament |
| Enlightenment | philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to examine old ideas and traditions |
| John Locke | created the right to rebel, social contract between government and citizens |
| Baron de Montesquieu | only way to get freedom and rights is through separation of governmental powers |
| Constitution | a set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government |
| Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom | this document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money |
| suffrage | right to vote |
| Articles of Confederation | Congress would become the single branch of of the national government, but it would have limited powers in order to protect the liberties of the people |
| ratification | official approval |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | created a system for bringing new states into the Union |
| Northwest Territory | included areas that are now in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin |
| tariffs | taxes on imports and exports |
| interstate commerce | trade between 2 or more states |
| inflation | occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money |
| depression | period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment |
| Daniel Shays | poor farmer and Revolutionary War veteran; led hundreds of men in a forced shutdown of the Supreme Court in Springfield, Massachusetts. This uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt became known as Shays's Rebellion. |
| Roger Sherman | man who blended the two plans Virginia and New Jersey plans |
| James Wilson | dream about strong government |
| Ben Franklin | attendee of the Constitutional Convention |
| George Washington | current president at that time |
| James Madison | attendee of the Constitutional Convention |
| John Adams | not an attendee of the Constitutional Convention |
| Thomas Jefferson | not an attendee of the Constitutional Convention |
| Patrick Henry | content with current government at that time |
| Edmund Randolph | introduced Virginia plan |
| William Paterson | introduced the New Jersey plan |
| executive branch | has president and runs government, makes sure laws are carried out |
| legislative branch | makes laws, Congress |
| judicial branch | court system, Supreme Court, enforces laws in commoners and states |
| popular sovereignty | power in the people |
| Three Fifths Compromise | the rule that ⅗ of the slave population counted in the entire population |
| The Great Compromise | Senate had two members from each state, House of Representatives had members according to population |
| The Virginia Plan | representatives based on population, bicameral legislature, supreme power in government |
| The New Jersey Plan | unicameral legislature, representatives have a set number for each state, power in states |
| George Mason | delegate turned Anti-federalist |
| Anti-federalist | someone who opposes the Constitution and federal government |
| Federalist | someone who supports the federal government and the Constitution |
| Federalist Papers | essays supporting the Constitution written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. |
| Bill of Rights | bill passed to protect individual rights added in the Constitution |
| amendments | additions to the constitution |
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