founding of the nation

Question 1

Enlightenment

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*age of reason, time when people started using observation

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
• Enlightenment idea

Question 5

Sovereignty

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*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

* established several precedents for the US Constitution

Question 9

Territory

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Northwest Territory

Answer 10

• big piece of land that the US acquired after the revolution
• what is now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, & Michigan

Question 11

Bill of Rights

Answer 11

• list of protections from the government written into the US Constitution
• 1st 10 amendments

Question 12

Amendment

Answer 12

• a change to a written document

* there are 27 Amendments to the US Constitution

Question 13

13th Amendment

Answer 13

*ended slavery

Question 14

Constitution

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*a list of what the government can and cannot do

Question 15

Democracy

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• government run by the people

* based on majority rule

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Republic

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*democracy where elected officials make decisions on behalf of the people

Question 17

Republicanism

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• representative democracy

* form of government the US has

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Monarchy

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*government run by a king or queen

Question 19

Articles of Confederation

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• America’s first constitution

* failed because federal government was too weak

Question 20

Provision

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*a condition or requirement in a legal document

Question 21

Legislate

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*to make laws

Question 22

Federal government

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*national government (over entire country)

Question 23

Federalism

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*national & state governments share power

Question 24

Federalists

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• supporters of the US Constitution

* didn’t want a bill of rights

Question 25

Magna Carta

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*Document from 1215, established the precedent of trial by jury

Question 26

Anti- federalists

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* opponents of the US Constitution | * wanted a bill of rights

Question 27

Virginia Declaration of Rights

Answer 27

*protected rights, precedent for the US Bill of Rights

Question 28

English Bill of Rights

Answer 28

* one basis for American Bill of Rights | * Established precedent against cruel and unusual punishment

Question 29

Infringement

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*violation of a right or law

Question 30

Precedent

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

Question 31

Massachusetts

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*limited colonists right to assemble

Question 32

Quartering Act of 1765

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*made colonists provide lodging for British soldiers

Question 33

Due Process

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

Question 34

Ratify

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*accept or adapt