Chapter 5 Terms

Question 1

Organized government that provides order and leadership in localized communities such as counties, municipalities, towns, and cities

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Local government

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Government by elected representative assembly

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Legislative government

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Principle that limits government to only those powers granted by law

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Limited government

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The first representative assembly in the New World

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House of Burgesses (1619)

Question 5

Years after the Revolution, John Adams concluded that the Revolution began not on the battlefields of Lexington and Concord in 1775 but this year.

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1760

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The first internal tax on goods produced and consumed entirely within the colonies

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Stamp Act (1765)

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A document guaranteeing basic civil liberties to all British subjects.

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Petition of Right

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An act of protest in which business withheld their business or support

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Boycott

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In response to calls from Virginia and Massachusetts assemblies, delegates gathered in Philadelphia in 1774

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First Continental Congress (1774)

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Appointed George Washington to lead the Continental Army

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Second Continental Congress (1775-89)

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The formal document, written by Thomas Jefferson, which established the principles of government that justified the colonies’ break with England

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Declaration of Independence

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Wrote the Declaration of Independence.

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Thomas Jefferson

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First signer of the Declaration of Independence

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John Hancock

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A period of Christian politics in the thirteen American colonies

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Age of Enlightenment

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Theory of government that states that government is formed by the consent of the governed

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Social Contract

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A religious outgrowth of the Enlightenment

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Deism

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A trade dispute between Virginia and Maryland, as well as Shay’s Rebellion, highlighted the weaknesses of this document

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Articles of Confederation

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The year that the Articles of Confederation were sent to the thirteen colonies for their approval

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1777

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The formal approval process of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty.

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Ratification

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Maryland helped out until this year because of a squabble with Virginia over western land claims

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1781

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A legislature made up of only one house

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Unicameral

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Home of George Washington

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Mount Vernon (1785)

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Poorly attended convention. Only five states sent representatives.

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Annapolis Convention (1786)

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Began May 25, 1787, lasted four months, and resulted in the signing of the Constitution.

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Constitutional Convention (1787)

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Unanimously elected to head the Constitutional Convention

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George Washington

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Father of the Constitution

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James Madison

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Plan advocated a bicameral congress, with the number of representatives based on state population or on the amount of revenue a state provided the national government.

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Virginia Plan

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Advocated a unicameral Congress, maintaining the one-state-one-vote principle of the Confederation.

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New Jersey Plan

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Proposed making representation in the lower house based on state population, whereas representation in the Senate would be equal for all states regardless of size.

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Connecticut (Great) Compromise

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Slaves would count as ?/? of a person for purposes of representation in the House

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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Delegates gathered to sign the official engrossed copy of the Constitution

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September 17, 1787

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Felt that because they were appointed to the Constitutional Convention by legitimate means, they believed they had the right to construct a new document

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Federalists

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Thought the Convention should have only amended the Articles of Convention and the delegates went beyond their power when writing the Constitution.

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Anti-Federalists

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Published essays that defended the Constitution

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The Federalist Papers

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The year that the world’s first constitutional democracy was instituted

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1789