1134 Flashcards
included in the declaration of independence: Statement of what principles
Democratic
Included in the Declaration of Independence:List of grievances against the what of England
King
Included in the declaration of independence: Statement declaring
Independence
The purpose of what is to secure our what
Government… Unalienable
What are those right?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Who’s control did the colonist want a representative government free from?
Britain
What was a prerequisite for voting in every colony
Ownership of property
The Puritans believed who should create and maintain conditions that would make it possible for who to perform its functions
State… Church
What form of government is more like an alliance than a government and is one in which local governments are most powerful
Confederate
What form of government is the current form of the US government and is one in which a written constitution defines the power divisions
Federal
What form of government is one in which the federal government is most powerful
Unitary
What are these three types of government classified according to among the various departments
Distribution of power
What government is one that has no legal sanction
De facto
What legitimize the actions of the second Continental Congress and establish the Congress of confederation
The articles of confederation
Under the articles who was the chief agency of the national government; what to branches were not a part
Congress… Executive and judicial
Congress of confederation: what body
Unicameral
Congress of confederation: Operated on principle of what vote per what
One… State
Congress of confederation: Could not regulate what or levy what
Commerce… Taxes
Congress of confederation: Could only raise money by one or by what it from the what
Borrowing… Requesting… States
The amount each state was to send was based on what value
The value of their improved lands
Government rested on the wet rather than the what under the articles
States… People
What was the most serious defect of the articles of confederation
That it required a unanimous agreement of the states for amendment
What convention was called to solve problems of interstate trade
Annapolis convention
What convention was called to revise the articles of confederation
Constitutional
What is the first act of the delegates to The constitutional convention
To discard the articles of confederation
The leading convention delegates agreed that the new government should: be what form
Republican
The leading convention delegates agreed that the new government should: have how many branches
Three
The leading convention delegates agreed that the new government should: what only men who were property owner should have
Right to vote
What are five major institutions of the US government
House of representative, senate, president, Supreme Court, electoral college
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
Only how many states was required for the ratification of the Constitution
Nine rather than all 13
What did the first 10 amendments to the constitution limit
The power of the federal government
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
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
What was the first 10 amendments to the constitution called
Bill of rights
What were the powers belong to the federal government
delegated
What were the powers blonde states
Reserved
What were the powers shared by federal and state government
Concurrent
What powers allow Congress to pass laws necessary for carrying out the other powers
Implied powers
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
What is the idea that a ruler is to govern justly the people are to submit to him and obedience
Social contract
What is the idea that the state is to serve the people and be responsive to the will of the majority
Popular sovereignty
What is the idea that members of the parliament looked out for the interest of the entire empire
Virtual representation
What was written to explain Richard Henry Lee’s resolution
The declaration of independence
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
