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Authority

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Right and means to enforce something

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Legitimacy

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To be seem as right ; and proper by important segments of a nations population

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Power

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The authority and ability to get things done

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Divine rights

Legit b/c

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  • the king only answerable to God

- legit b/c religion was really important

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Natural law and rights

Legitimate b/c

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A system of ruled derived from a natural world

-provides just and rational order to all things

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Social contract

Legit because

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People doing want the government says and the government protects them

-people gave the power to the states

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Autocracy

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Dictatorship

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Oligarchy

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One party of rulers

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Unitary system

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National government has power

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Federal system

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Local government and state government have power

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Confederate system

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The states join forces and make one big government called confederate government

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English politics

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-representative government 
Parliament
-limited government
Magna Carta
-individual rights
Petition of government 
English bill of rights
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Early colonial compact

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-mayflower compact
Limited government power and gave rights
-royal colonies
Colonies controlled by king through appointed judges
-character colonies
Colonies based on grant o land by British crown to a company or run of settlers

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Intellectual influences

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-Greek and roman
Republican
-Charles of Montesquieu
Separation of powers 
-Locke and rosseau
Social contract - to protect your rights
-Voltaire 
Freedom of speech and religion
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French and Indian war

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Expensive for British government

  • parliament felt the colonies should pay for the war
  • new taxes without being passed through legislature
  • 2nd class citizens
  • quartering troops
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Effects of no executive branch

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No means to enforce Congress’s laws

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Effects of having court systems

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Can’t resolve things between states

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Effects of having no power to tax or rise national funds

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Congress can’t repay the money the nation borrowed during the revolution

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Effects of no power to regulate trade or currency

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Some states wouldn’t accept other states money

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Effects of no power to stop one state from conducting foreign affairs

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Wasn’t able to stop taxing goods from other states to give the selves an advantage

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Effect of major laws required a states to pass

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The states usually don’t agree and only one state raised objection to block changes to the article

Congress can’t act quickly and decisively

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Jersey plan

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Everyone get equal representation in congress

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Virginia plan

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Representation that is based on population

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Great compromise

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Two house
HoR= Virginia plan
Senate = jersey plan

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3/5 compromise

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Slave counts as 3/5 of person when counting the population

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Election of presidents

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By electoral college

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Federalist
Reasonings
People

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Approve of constitution

  • separate states can’t make money properly to get tax money to fund our countries.
  • it doesn’t deny liberties
  • rich people elite
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Anti federalist

Reasoning

Who supports

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It will take power away from people 
Thinks pres is too much like a king
Makes rich richer
-doesn't like constitutions
-farmers country folk
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Basic principles of constitution

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Popular soverignty
Limited government
Separation of powers
 Checks and balances 
Judicial branch
Federalist
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Amendment process

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Step One:
Congress proposed the amendment with 2/3 vote in each chamber or…
A national convention called by congress at the request of 2/3 of the state of legislature
Step Two:
State legislatures approve the amendment 3/4 of the states or…
state conventions approve the amendment in 3/4 states

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legislative actions

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makes lawas; can decalre war and make military

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executive implementations

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military is huge so president has lots of power

can make choices without going through congress

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judicial interpretations

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courts decide what’s constitutional and what isn’t

limiting congress’s power

judges can change their mind

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loose constructionalist

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lots of implied powers

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strict construcionalists

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few implied powers

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expressed powers

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specifically listed in constitution

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implied powers

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power that relate to the expressed powers

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concurrent powers

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powers shared by national and state governments

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full faith and credit

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everything recognized and honored by official in one staff are recognized and honored in the other

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extradition

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to return charged with a crime to the state in which the offense was committed for prosecution

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privileges and immunities clause

exceptions

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makes it so you cant discriminate agaist citizen form other states

a state can offer reduced stat university tuition to its residents

can charge resident and it can change it s own resident less for services funded by taxes as public health facilities

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states rights

ex of

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the rights not listed in the constitution

loose constructionalist

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popular soveriengnty

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the supreme power to rule itself com from the people

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limited government

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there are certain things the government cannot do

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separation of power

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the different points of government

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checks and balances

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three different branches so no one has ultimate

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judicial review

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look at the laws lawfulness and see it is within the confines of the constitutions

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federalism

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three levels of government
National - Congress, president, Supreme Court
State- State assembly, governor, state court
Local- city council, mayor, municipal courts

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nationalist

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the rights listed in the constitution

strict constructionalist

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fiscal federalism

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the national government influences state government through spending, taxing and aid programs

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categorical grants

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money given to states to spend no specific activites

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block grants

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money given to states for broad or vague purposes

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federal mandates

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a demand that states cary out certain policies before receiving grants

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