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| basic principle of the American system of gov't; that gov't is limited in what it may do, and each individual has certain rights that gov't cannot take away |
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| system of gov't in which public policies are made by officials who are selected by the voters and help accountable to them in periodic elections |
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| the Great Charter establishing the principle that the power of the monarchy was not absolute in England; forced upon the king by his barons in 1215, and protecting such fundamental rights astral by jury |
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| challenged the idea of the divine right of kings, declaring in 1628 in England that even a monarch must obey the law of the land |
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| drawn up by Parliament in 1689 to prevent abuse of power by English monarchs; forms the basis for much in American gov't and politics today |
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| a written grant of authority from the king |
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| legislative body composed of two houses |
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| legislative body composed of a sing house |
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| plan put forward by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed at uniting the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; never enacted |
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| refusal to by or sell goods in order to influence behavior |
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| bodies of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of their gov'ts |
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| basic principle of the American system of gov't, that the people are the only source of any and all gov'tal power, that gov't must be conducted with the consent of the governed |
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| formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| document by which the first US gov't was established after the American Revolution; allowed few important powers to the central gov't |
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| the group who came together in 1787 to draft the Constitution of the US |
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| offered at the Constitutional Convention, called for a bicameral legislature in which representation in both houses would be based on population or financial support for the central gov't |
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| offered at the Constitutional Convertion of 1787, differing chiefly in the matter of how states should be represented in congress |
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| agreement during the Constitutional Convention that congress should be composed of a Senate, in which the states would be represented equally, and a House, in which representation would be based on population |
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| agreement that slaves should count as 3/5 of a person for purposes of determining the population of a state |
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| Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise |
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| an agreement during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 protecting the interests of slaveholders by forbidding Congress the power to tax the export of goods from any state, and, for 20 years, the power to act on the slave trade |
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| people who supported the adoption of the Constitution of 1787-1788 |
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| people who opposed the adoption of the Constitution of 1787-1788 |
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