Foundation of the nation

Question 1

Enlightenment

Answer 1

• age of reason

- time when people started of using observations & science to determine how things worked

Question 2

Declaration of Independence

Answer 2

-America’s letter telling England that we were going to start our own country

Question 3

Natural Rights

Answer 3

• life, liberty, property

- enlightenment idea

Question 4

Social Contract

Answer 4

-governments are created to protect natural rights, if they don’t, people can start a new government

Question 5

Sovereignty

Answer 5

-the right to rule

Question 6

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 6

• the right to rule comes from the people

- synonym–democracy

Question 7

Grievance

Answer 7

-a reason for a complaint

Question 8

Northwest Ordinance

Answer 8

-document created to govern the Northwest Territory

Question 9

Territory

Answer 9

-a piece of land controlled by the U.S., but that is not a state

Question 10

Northwest Territory

Answer 10

• a big piece of land that the US acquired after the revolution
• what is now Ohio, Indiana

Question 11

Bill of Rights

Answer 11

• List of protections from the government written into the constitution
• 1st 10 amendments to the US constitution

Question 12

Amendment

Answer 12

• a change to a written document

- there are 27 Amendments to the US

Question 13

13th Amendment

Answer 13

-Ended slavery

Question 14

Constitution

Answer 14

-a list of what the government can do and cannot do

Question 15

Democracy

Answer 15

• government run by the people

- based on majority rule

Question 16

Republic

Answer 16

-democracy where elected officials make decision on the behalf of the people

Question 17

Republicanism

Answer 17

• representative democracy

- form of government U.S. has

Question 18

Monarchy

Answer 18

-government run by a king or queen

Question 19

Articles of Confederation

Answer 19

• America’s first constitution

- Failed because federal government was too weak

Question 20

Provision

Answer 20

-a condition or requirement in a legal document

Question 21

Legislate

Answer 21

-to make laws

Question 22

Federal Government

Answer 22

-national government (over entire country)

Question 23

Federalism

Answer 23

-national & state governments share power

Question 24

Federalist

Answer 24

• supporters of the U.S. constitution

- didn’t want a bill of rights

Question 25

Anti-federalist

Answer 25

• opponents of the U.S. constitution

- wanted a bill of rights

Question 26

Magna Carta

Answer 26

• Document from 1215

- Established the precedent of trial by jury

Question 27

English Bill of Rights

Answer 27

• One basis for American Bill of Rights

- established precedent against cruel and unusual punishment

Question 28

Virginia Declaration of Rights

Answer 28

• protected rights

- precedent for the US BILL OF RIGHTS

Question 29

Precedent

Answer 29

-a way of doing things based on the way people did them in the past

Question 30

Infringement

Answer 30

-violation of a right or law

Question 31

Quartering Act of 1765

Answer 31

-made colonist provide lodging for british soldiers

Question 32

Massachusetts Government Act

Answer 32

• limited colonists right to assemble

Question 33

Due process

Answer 33

-the government taking all the right steps before fining or imprisoning someone

Question 34

Ratify

Answer 34

-Accept or adopt