chapter 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 limited Government | the idea that certain restrictions should be placed on government to protect the natural rights of citizens |
| Representative Government | Power is held by the people and exercised through the efforts of representatives elected by the people |
| Magna carta | the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215 |
| Due Process | the government must act fairly and in accord with established rules in all that it does |
| Petition of Rights | A legal petition sent to King Charles I from Parliament complaining about the breeches in the law Foreshadowed later colonial petition for rights. |
| English Bill of Rights | document that gave England a government based on a system of laws and a freely elected parliament |
| Charter | a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights |
| Bicameral | composed of two legislative bodies |
| proprietry | Organized by a proprietor(a person to whome the king had made a grant of land) |
| Unicameral | one-house legislature |
| Confederation | a union of political organizations |
| Albany Plan of Union | proposal by Benjamin Franklin to create one government for the 13 colonies |
| Delegate | a person appointed or elected to represent others |
| Popular soverignty | where the people decide for themselves wether or not to have something, the right of the people to govern themselves |
| Artilces of Confederation | Plan of the government adopted by the contiental congress after the american revolution. |
| Ratification | making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it |
| Framers | Group of delegates who drafted the United States Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 |
| Virgina Plan | Supported by larger states and wanted seats based on population of states |
| New Jersey Plan | New Jersey delegate William Paterson's plan of government, in which states got an equal number of representatives in Congress |
| Conneticut Compromise | a legislature branch with two parts: a house of reps and a senate. |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | agreement at the constitutional Convention that 3/5 of the slaves in any state be counted in its population |
| Commerce and slave Trade Compromise | Resolved differences btwn northern and southern states; Congress could not tax exports nor ban the slave trade for 20 yrs. |
| Federalist | an advocate of federalism |
| To whome did the Three-Fifths compromise refer? | a. enslaved people b. native americans c. women d. the poor |
| which of the following was NOT a major source of ideas for the constitution? | a. the political writings of john locke b. britsh tradition c. colonial experiences d. spanish colonial law |
| what was the significance of the federalist? | a. it was a convincing commentary on them meaning of the constitution. b. it aroused the anger of opponents of the consititution. c. it was a hastily written document in opposition to the constitution. d. none of the above. |
| The shape of america governmennt is based on the english political idea of | a. ordered government b. representative government c. limited government d. all of the above. |
| Maryland, Pennsylvanis, and Delaware were | ... |
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