1134 Flashcards

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included in the declaration of independence: Statement of what principles

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Democratic

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Included in the Declaration of Independence:List of grievances against the what of England

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King

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3
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Included in the declaration of independence: Statement declaring

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Independence

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4
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The purpose of what is to secure our what

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Government… Unalienable

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What are those right?

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Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

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Who’s control did the colonist want a representative government free from?

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Britain

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What was a prerequisite for voting in every colony

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Ownership of property

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The Puritans believed who should create and maintain conditions that would make it possible for who to perform its functions

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State… Church

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What form of government is more like an alliance than a government and is one in which local governments are most powerful

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Confederate

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What form of government is the current form of the US government and is one in which a written constitution defines the power divisions

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Federal

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What form of government is one in which the federal government is most powerful

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Unitary

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What are these three types of government classified according to among the various departments

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Distribution of power

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13
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What government is one that has no legal sanction

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De facto

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What legitimize the actions of the second Continental Congress and establish the Congress of confederation

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The articles of confederation

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Under the articles who was the chief agency of the national government; what to branches were not a part

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Congress… Executive and judicial

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Congress of confederation: what body

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Unicameral

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Congress of confederation: Operated on principle of what vote per what

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One… State

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Congress of confederation: Could not regulate what or levy what

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Commerce… Taxes

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Congress of confederation: Could only raise money by one or by what it from the what

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Borrowing… Requesting… States

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The amount each state was to send was based on what value

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The value of their improved lands

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Government rested on the wet rather than the what under the articles

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States… People

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What was the most serious defect of the articles of confederation

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That it required a unanimous agreement of the states for amendment

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What convention was called to solve problems of interstate trade

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Annapolis convention

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What convention was called to revise the articles of confederation

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Constitutional

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What is the first act of the delegates to The constitutional convention
To discard the articles of confederation
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The leading convention delegates agreed that the new government should: be what form
Republican
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The leading convention delegates agreed that the new government should: have how many branches
Three
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The leading convention delegates agreed that the new government should: what only men who were property owner should have
Right to vote
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What are five major institutions of the US government
House of representative, senate, president, Supreme Court, electoral college
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The facts that the United States is a what the What is supreme and that the Constitution provides for the what of what are three basic constitutional principles necessary for our existence as a nation
Republic… Constitution… Division of powers
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Only how many states was required for the ratification of the Constitution
Nine rather than all 13
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What did the first 10 amendments to the constitution limit
The power of the federal government
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Which amendment protects us against the establishment of an official denomination and protects the church from government control; it does not very religious activity
The first amendment
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The Supreme Court decisions been in prayer and Bible reading we're not based on two things but we're rather based on personal and misinterpretation name the two things
Precedent or historical fact
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What was the first 10 amendments to the constitution called
Bill of rights
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What were the powers belong to the federal government
delegated
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What were the powers blonde states
Reserved
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What were the powers shared by federal and state government
Concurrent
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What powers allow Congress to pass laws necessary for carrying out the other powers
Implied powers
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What are the ideas that man's in alienable rights are life liberty and property and the purpose of government is to protect these rights
Natural rights
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What is the idea that a ruler is to govern justly the people are to submit to him and obedience
Social contract
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What is the idea that the state is to serve the people and be responsive to the will of the majority
Popular sovereignty
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What is the idea that members of the parliament looked out for the interest of the entire empire
Virtual representation
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What was written to explain Richard Henry Lee's resolution
The declaration of independence
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What is a government in which the citizens elect or aquiesce to representatives who are charged with the responsibility of admiration in accordance with the requirements
Republic