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| Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, and Petition |
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| right to a jury trial < $20 |
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| no excessive bail/cruel unusual punishment |
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| rights not specifically enumerated |
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| split election for pres and VP |
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| who is a citizen of the US |
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| men to vote disregarding race |
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| repealed 18th (prohibition) |
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| congress's pay raise at end of term |
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| athens/rome type of gov't |
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| Magna Carta, Petition of Right, English Bill of Rights |
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| limited King John, couldn't tax without consent of the parliament (1215) |
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| limited King Charles I, no standing armies, imprison w/o charge, quartering troops (1628) |
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| limited William III + Mary II; only parliament can tax and make/suspend laws, all power (1689) |
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| monarch comes to power by their closest prodestent relative |
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| George (king) was German, needed interpreter (1714) |
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| interpreter for George I, evolved into Prime Minister |
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| 4 basic concepts of american gov't |
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| e Pluribus Unum, Ordered, Limited, Represented |
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| "from many, one" melting pot |
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| 8 principles america took from enland's freedom documents |
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| Limted taxes, free elections, habeas corpus, public speedy trial, freedom of speech + petition, no cruel + unusual punishment, no excessive bails, no quartering of troops |
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| Commentaries on the Laws of England |
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| by William Blackstone (1765-1769) |
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| 3 enlightenment principles |
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| Spirit of the Laws, Social Contract, Two Treaties of Gov't |
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| by Montesquieu (1748); separation of powers, checks and balances, division of powers (fed) |
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| by Rousseau (1762); popular sovereignty, "general will" (majority rule) |
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| by John Locke (1690); natural rights [life, liberty + property], |
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| 3 types of colonial gov'ts |
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| Royal, Proprietary, and Charter |
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| NC, SC, MA, VA, NY, NJ, NH, GA |
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| stressed a strong central gov't (1754) |
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| attempted to organize the gov't, boycotted british goods (1765) |
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| put taxes on imported goods |
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| 5 men killed in shootings (1770) |
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| "This is what we think of your tea", dumping tea overboard (1773) |
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| closed Boston Harbor, quartering act (1774) |
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| First Continental Congress |
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| 12/13 colonies met in philadelphia; declaration of colonial rights, minutemen stockpile (1774) |
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| arsenal; paul revere, william Dawes, Samuel Prescott; Shot heard round the world (1775) |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| 13/13 colonies in philadelphia; foreign diplomacy (1775) |
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| Declaration of Independence (date) |
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| Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Ben Franklin, Robert Livingston |
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| George Washington, LaFayette, Rochambeau, DeGrasse; british surrendered -hassle (1781) |
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| officially ended war (1783) |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| 5/13 colonies called for new meeting (1785) |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| 12/13 (no RI), came up with Constitution |
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| Connecticut (Great) Compromise |
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| bicameral, one via population, one equal |
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| slaves counted as 3/5 a person for population of a state |
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| Amendment Process: 2/3 to propose, 3/4 to ratify |
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| National Supremacy, Public Debts, Oaths of Office |
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| Ratification of Constitution: 9/13 |
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| political parties "beware of faction that will divide the country" |
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| 2/3 of congress, 3/4 of states; national convention, state convention |
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| Basic Legislation, Executive Action, Judicial Review, Party Practices, Customs/Precedents |
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| 6 Basic Principles of US Constitution |
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| Popular Sovereignty, Limited Gov't, Separation of Powers, Check and Balances, Federalism, Judicial Review |
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| Presidential Succession (7) |
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VP
Speaker of House
President Pro Tempore
Sec. Of State
Sec. of Treasury
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