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| the body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of a government |
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| Support for a system of representative government spread known as a republic |
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| a principle of the united states consitutition gives it, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away |
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| the political right to vote in an election and its requirements are determined by each soverign nation or entity |
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| virginia statute for religious freedom |
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| the virgina statutue for religious freedom was a statute written in 1779 by Thomas Jefferson. |
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| Articles of confederation |
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| document that created the first central government for the united states was replaced by the constitution in 1789 |
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| a legislative act by congress, authorizing surveys and the division of public lands in the western region of the country into townships that would then be further divided, for sale, into one square mile sections |
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| northwest ordinance of 1787 |
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| was an act of the continental congress that organized the northwest territory as part of the united states |
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| also known as the old northwest and the territory north west of the ohio, was a governmental region wihtin the early united states |
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| a tax on imported goods but in some countries also on exported goods |
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| a major concern of the new nation and would have to be resolved by later court decisions |
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| sharp rises in inflation often lead to a barter economy, where people exchange items of value instead of using money to pay for them |
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| people or companies who owe money |
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| a steep drop in economic activity combined with rising unemployment |
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| an uprising of massachusetts farmers led by daniel says to protest taxes debt and foreclosures |
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| a former captain in the american revolutionary war. he led a small army of farmers in shays rebillion a revolt against the state government of massachussetts |
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| gathering of state represntatives on may 25 1787 to revise the articles of confederation |
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| presented by delegates from virginia at the constitutuional convention called for a 3 branch goverment with a bicameral legislature in which each states membership would be determined by its population |
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| a branch of government responsible for prospering and passing various forms of legislation |
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| branch of government that carries out laws |
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| branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly |
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| a plan proposed at the constitutional convention, favored by smaller states that called for 3 branches of government with a single chamber legislature |
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| settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement |
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| plan at the constitutional convention that settled the differences between large and small states |
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| was an agreement at the constitutional convention that 3/5 of the slaves in any state would be counted in its population for apportionment purposes |
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| the fourth president of the united states. He was the primary author of the untied states consitution in 1787 and with alexander hamilton was the chief expounder of its meaning in the federalist papers |
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| leaders who laid the ground work for the united states |
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| signed in 1215 a british document that contained two basic ideas monarchs themselves have to obey the laws and citizens have basic rights |
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| document written by parliament and agreed on by william and mary of england in 1689 designed to prevent abuse of power by english monarchs, forms the basis for much in americas government and politics today |
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| an oxford scholar, medical researcher and physican, political operative, economist and ideologue for a revolutionary movement as well as being one of the great philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century |
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| french political thinker who lived during the enlightenment. He is famous for his articulation of the tehory of separation of powers |
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| system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them |
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| government in which one person who for a small group holds complete authority |
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| the right not to be held in prison wihtout first being charged with a speciic crime |
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| a political concept of equally dividing the power among the branches of government |
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| supporters of ratification of the constitution |
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| people who opposed ratification of the constitution |
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| 85 essays written by supporters of the consitution in 1787 and 1788 |
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| ten amendments that were added to the constitution and ratified in 1791 |
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| united states patriot statesmen and delegate from virginia to the us constitutional convention he has been called the father of the bill of rights |
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| government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others the government or power of an absolute monarch |
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| a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges especially the herediatary nobility |
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