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What is a nation ?

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A group of people of people with common ancestry and common culture

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What types of Democracy are there?

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Direct (pure democracy , doesn’t actually exist)

Indirect (representative, US)

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What is a country ?

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A group of states together .

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What is The force theory

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Someone is taking control of the government . (Dictatorship)

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What is the evolutionary theory ?

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Natural process . The idea that people are going to seek to organize more and more as time moves on.

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What is the divine right theory ?

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Someone is God chosen to be in power. These people believe that they have divine right to be leaders . (Monarchy)

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What is The social contract theory ?

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A voluntary act of free people giving up rights to gain protection and a sense of security.

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What is a constitution ?

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The body of fundamental laws that set out the principals structures and processes of a government .

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What are the geographic distributions of power ?

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Unitary federal and confederate (confederacy )

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What is unitary ?

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Centralized

Eg- Great Britain (parliament and the crown)

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What is federal ?

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Division of powers
Like the us
Federal executive and judicial

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Confederate (confederacy )?

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An alliance entities (separate ), but joined together by a common cause . the EU is the closest thing to this.

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What is a presidential government ?

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Separate independent , coequal like the us.

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What is a parliamentary government ?

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A prime minster (premier) plus their cabinet of officials .

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What are Agreed ideals of government ?

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Ordered , limited and representatives.

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What are the four characteristics of a state ?

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Population territory sovereignty government

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What is a unitary government?

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A government in which all power belongs to a central agency.

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What are divisions of power ?

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Structuring a government so that power is shared by a central and several local governments.

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What is the Magna Carta ?

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1st document to limit the King’s power , it was a step towards a constitutional government . It provided fundamental rights , trial by jury and due process of law.

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What were the English bill of rights?

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Prevent executive cause , prohibited standing army in peacetime , free parliamentary elections,right to a fair trial , prohibits excessive bail,prohibits .

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What are the foundations of these landmark documents ?

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1) worth of the individuals
2) equality of all persons
3) majority rule , minority rights
4) necessity of compromise
5) individual freedom

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Preamble , what is it ?

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A preliminary or preparatory statement

-just describe it corban.

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The articles of confederation listed what ?

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Governmental structure powers of congress state obligations and it’s weaknesses

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What was the articles of confederation modeled after ?

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Colonial governments

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Why were the creators of the articles concerned of concentrated power ?

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Because of the past experience with the British.

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Amending the articles to what required what of the United States ?

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Unanimous consent

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Who was given sole authority to govern the country ?

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Congress

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Who oversaw the government. While congress was in session ?

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An executive committee

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What did congress establish to hear disputes among states ?

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Temporary courts.

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What powers did the new congress have ?

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Declare war and peace , make treaties with foreign countries , establish an army and navy, requisition print and make money ,establish weights and measures,hear disputes among the states related to trade boundaries .

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What couldn’t the new government do and what were they limited to ?

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No power to raise funds for army or a navy , no power to impose a tax or collect a tax,no executive branch to enforce laws, no power to control trade among states, no power to force states to honor obligations , no power to regulate the value of currency .

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What accomplishments did the articles of confederation have ?

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Administered the seven year war effort , negotiated the treaty of paris with Britain in 1785, established the NW Ordinance of 1787

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What problems were facing the new nation ?

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Trade with foreign nations, financing the nation, foreign relations,interstate relations , problems with trade.

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What problems did the us have with trade ?

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The us no longer was the favorite trading partner of Great Britain , the us exports to British ports had to be on British ships. Many us goods were barred from British ports . The way to stop that was for the us to impose a tariff but due to the aof they couldn’t .

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What were the compromises on at the 1st continental congress?

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Representation, slavery and how to conduct presidential elections.

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Who were the federalists?

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Supported the constitution , wanted to strengthen national government , federalists papers written to explain and convince the public .

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Who were the anti-federalists

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Revolutionary war people. Hancock Jefferson an all of em. The complained that constitution took away state and power and argued for a bill of rights.

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What are concurrent powers ?

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State and federal government can both make you do it. Taxes , define crime, set punishments , condemn private property

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What powers are given by the constitution ?

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Expressed powers -declare war , raise a military. Implied -necessary and proper . Inherent- regulate immigration acquire territory .

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What powers are denied to the government by the constitution ?

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Expressed-freedom of religion and speech , and press. Due to silence -public school system , marriage and divorce laws are Laws reserved for states.

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