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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

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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
Slave counts as 3/5 of person when counting the population
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Election of presidents
By electoral college
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Federalist Reasonings People
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
``` 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
``` Popular soverignty Limited government Separation of powers Checks and balances Judicial branch Federalist ```
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Amendment process
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
makes lawas; can decalre war and make military
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executive implementations
military is huge so president has lots of power can make choices without going through congress
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judicial interpretations
courts decide what's constitutional and what isn't limiting congress's power judges can change their mind
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loose constructionalist
lots of implied powers
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strict construcionalists
few implied powers
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expressed powers
specifically listed in constitution
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implied powers
power that relate to the expressed powers
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concurrent powers
powers shared by national and state governments
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full faith and credit
everything recognized and honored by official in one staff are recognized and honored in the other
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extradition
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
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
the rights not listed in the constitution loose constructionalist
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popular soveriengnty
the supreme power to rule itself com from the people
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limited government
there are certain things the government cannot do
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separation of power
the different points of government
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checks and balances
three different branches so no one has ultimate
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judicial review
look at the laws lawfulness and see it is within the confines of the constitutions
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federalism
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
the rights listed in the constitution strict constructionalist
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fiscal federalism
the national government influences state government through spending, taxing and aid programs
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categorical grants
money given to states to spend no specific activites
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block grants
money given to states for broad or vague purposes
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federal mandates
a demand that states cary out certain policies before receiving grants

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