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24 Cards in this Set
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Magna Carta |
Declaration of rights against concentration of political power |
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English bill of rights |
Creates separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen |
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Mayflower compact |
First written framework of government established in the Plymouth colony |
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Iroquois confederation |
Model of preamble to the US constitution and bicameral council |
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Northwest ordinance |
Set up expansion beyond Appalachian men's relied on a strong central government |
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Virginia statute for religious freedom |
Guaranteed freedom of religion to all religious faiths |
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Rousseau |
"Social contract," man is born free, "classical republicanism" believed in a city state assembly and met and decided gov direction |
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Roman republicanism |
Representative gov, republic elected representative to rule their behalf |
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Voltaire |
It is up to us to culitvate our own garden. "Govt can no longer be trusted to do so for us," freedom of religion, expression, separation of church of state |
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John locked second treatise |
Social contract- give up a little in exchange for protection |
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Articles of confederation |
Govt conduct diplomacy, territory issues 13 states |
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Declaration of Independence |
Announce and explain the separation from Great Britain |
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Paines common sense |
Advocate independence from Great Britain to people in the 13 colonies |
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Limited government |
Basic principle of American gov which states that gov is restricted in what may do and each individual has rights that gov can't take away |
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Representative gov |
system of government in which public policies are made by officials selected by the voters and held accountable periodic elections |
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Petition of right |
Document prepares by the 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 subject to pay the laws of the land |
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Bicameral |
An adjective a describing a legislative body composed of 2 chapters |
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Confederation |
A joining of several groups for a common purpose |
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Virginia plan |
Plan presented by delegates from Virginia at the consititional convention |
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New Jersey plan |
Plan presented as an alternative to the Virginia plan at the constitutional convention |
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Connecticut compromise |
Agreement during the constitutional convention that congress should be composed of a senate and a house |
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3/5 compromise |
An agreement at the constitutional convention to count a slave as 3/5 a person when counting population |
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Declaration of Independence |
Document declaring our independence from Great Britain |
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