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Government- Module 2 Building a Nation

Terms in this set (22)

know..
what the social contract is and what the elements are
know..
how the government protects natural rights
know..
the right to revolt
Articles of Confederation
was our first US Constitution
The Articles of Confederation contributed to a poor economy because the National government could not what?
tax or regulate trade
The New Jersey plan was proposed by Willian Patterson, it was a plan written to favor who?
small states
The New Jersey plan wanted representation in Congress to be
equal in each state and one vote per state
The term to describe the division of power between the Nations and state governments is
federalism
Under the Articles of Confederation the National government was ineffective
because it was a Firm League of Friendship
Under the Virginia Plan representation in congress was to be based on
the states population and or financial contributions to the national governments
know..
-why the Articles of Confederation failed
-how this influenced the writing of the US Constitution
(explain in detail)
know..
-how federal system was created and why
-why the bill of rights were added and why
-why the 3/5th compromise was made and why
Sovereignty
supreme and absolute power or authority
Constituion
A written plan of government "Law of the Land"
full faith and credit
A clause in Article IV, Section 1, of the Constitution requiring each state to recognize the official documents and civil judgments rendered by the courts of other states.
political wrangling
compromises made to get desired results in creating a constitution
Confederation
a system of sovereign states coming together in firm league of friendship.
know these terms...
-consent
-equality
-self-government
-unalienable
-state of nature
-rights
-prudence
-self-evident
Thomas Paine
Wrote Common Sense. Basic idea of it is obvious what should be done by the people.
Thomas Jefferson
Wrote the Declaration of Independence. Used the ideas of enlightenment thinkers.
John Locke
Wrote the Second Treatise of Government. Penned the Natural Rights Theory.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Wrote the Social Contract. Put forth the idea governments should be created by men.
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