A result of a petition to the Supreme court after Marbury's commision did not subsequently delivered. After Forcing James Madison to deliver Document ,The Petition was then denied because it was held to be unconstitutional.

Significance: supreme court established that they had the right to exercise  judicial review

Where parties to the original position know nothing about their particular abilities, tastes, and position within the social order of society.

Significant: helps with the rule of law, because this will be handled fairly

Rule of law The norm of expecting that state legal disputes will be resolved according to the preexisting rules and procedures regardless of status of individual.

Significant: it shows equality throughout our nation and that no one is above the law

Porportional Representation is a way America handled electoral voting before SMD-plurality. It is where a party simply gets to take get to take a share of rule depending on the percentage population vote they received.

SIGNIFICANTS: multiple parties can be represent  

Also called the intoleratible act, the coercive act is the closing of the boston ports until the tea throwout at the boston tea party it paid off.

Significance: it was the last straw, it motivated colonist to get independent     

Hobbes view that our nation should be ran by one harsh leader will be the key for protection.

Significant: upholds the rule of law, because people were afraid to break the law knowing that there was no grace period

The quote that summarizes the ACD because each state retains it sovereignty, freedom and independence.

significance: This quote is significant because it is one of the reasons why the ACD failed. They were just a friendship and not centralized enough. Because of this, they could not legislate, amend, collect taxs and no nation army.

movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the Constitution of 1787.

Significance: Helped prevent the government from having to much power

The Two opposing views that came into place when trying to revise the AOC. VA plan- introduced by madison electing state reps based of state population. The NJ plan- offering equal representation no matter how populated your state was.

Significance: Great Compromise, Offering a combination of the two.Which ultimately brought out 3/5th compromise

A theory used in the Electoral College stating that the winner of majority vote automatically takes all the EC votes

Significance: someone can lose the popular vote but still win precidency from EC

States that congress has the power to pass legislation, declare war, coin money, collect taxes lower courts

Significance: they could actually function now, before they didn’t have power to tax. Before this they had to just asked other states for money.

The Stamp act congress was simply the americans upset about the taxation of their legal documents because they believe that with their power to tax was the same as taking away their personal property. The brittish saw and understood their point and back off.

Significance: British repealed it. It showed that they had a little bit of power. No taxation without representation    

23rd president of the united states from 1889-1893

Significance: lost popular vote but won precedency . winner it not always popular vote getter- problem in electoral college.     

The quote that came from the Stamp Act congress when they thought that brittish were taxating their legal documents.

The signifiince of this, was it made the brittish back off.

Significance: protects in direction (whole Senate cant change direction) (cant change direction quickly because of the time it takes to throw out a senate)

Path Dependence explains that the set the decisions made in the past can ulimately affect and limited future decison making

SIGNIFICANCE: parties can lock in their answers

The French & Indian War between British faught in 1763

SIGNIFICANCE: Britain won and got Canada although they did not know what to do with it.

The time of when The Articles of confederation were in place. 1781-1789

SIGNIFICANCE: The significance of the critical period is that it was America's first constitution. Its purpose was to make America Decentralized.

The power of congress

Article 1, Section 8

The powers of Congress consist of their ability to pass legislation, declare war, coin money, and collect taxes.

NJ plan and VA plan, the great compromise! How they fixed it, but problem with that, slaves. Solution to that problem- 3/5 compromise

To decentralized, no army, can collect taxes, hard to amend, hard to legislate, no president, no courts, diff currency no state commerce