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American Government
Chapter 2
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History
11th Grade
11/08/2010

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Magna Carta
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Great Charter,established limited govt
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Limited Government
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Power of the monarch is not absolute
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English Bill of Rights
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Set limits on what the King can do
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Representative Govt.
Definition
People elect the representatives
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Mayflower Compact
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First example of colonial government
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Great Fundamentals
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First basic system of laws in the colonies
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Fundamental Orders of Conn.
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First formal constitution
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Separation of Powers
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Divided the power of government
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Stamp Act
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 Placed a tax on all legal documents
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Revenue
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Raising of money
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Intolerable Acts
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Coercive Acts, closed Boston harbor
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Albany Plan of Union
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First plan to unite the colonies
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Committees of Correspondence
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Letters between people to find out info
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Embargo
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Ban trade with another country
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Ratified
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Approved
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Unicameral
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Single-chambered Congress
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Ceded
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Yield territory claims
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Northwest Ordinance
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Showed how territories would be settled
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Virginia Plan
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Representation based on population of the state
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New Jersey Plan
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Representation is equal in congress
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Connecticut Compromise
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Combined Virginia & New Jersey Plans
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3/5's Compromise
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How slaves would count toward population
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Interstate Commerce
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Trade between the states
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Federalists
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For the Constitution
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Antifederalists
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Against the Constitution
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Extralegal
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Not sanctioned by law
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Anarchy
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Political disorder
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The Federalist
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Convinced people to want the Constitution
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James Madison
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Father of the Constitution
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John Locke
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Based are Declaration off his philosophies
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Thomas Paine
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Writer of Common Sense
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Thomas Jefferson
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Wrote the Declaration of Independence
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