Unit Two Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Articles of Confederation | a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states |
| Bill of Rights | a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution) |
| Civic Virtue | notion that democracy depended on unselfish commitment to the public good |
| Classical republicanism | refers to government that seeks the public or common good rather than the good of a particular group or class of society |
| Common good | the good of a community |
| Consent of the governed | the idea that government derives its authority by the sanction of the people |
| Constitutional principles | an essential idea contained in the Constitution. For example, the idea that no branch of government should have a monopoly on power |
| Core Democratic Values | things people believe in that bring people together as Americans |
| Declaration of Independence | the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain |
| Divine right | belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god. |
| Habeas Corpus | the civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment |
| Mayflower Compact | a document written by the Pilgrims establishing themselves as a political society and setting guidelines for self-government |
| Natural rights | the idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property |
| Northwest Ordinance | document that set up government in NW Territory and added 5 new states |
| Right of revolution | right to overthrow the gov't by the people |
| Social contract theory | A voluntary agreement between the government and the governed |
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