founding of the nation Flashcards
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Enlightenment
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*age of reason, time when people started using observation
2
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Declaration of Independence
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*America’s letter telling England that we were going to start our own country
3
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Natural Rights
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- life, liberty, property
* Enlightenment idea
4
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Social Contract
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- governments are created to protect natural rights, if they don’t, people can start a new government
- Enlightenment idea
5
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Sovereignty
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*the right to rule
6
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Popular Sovereignty
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- the right to rule comes from the people
* synonym- Democracy
7
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Grievance
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*a reason for a complaint
8
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Northwest Ordinance
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- document created to govern the Northwest Territory
* established several precedents for the US Constitution
9
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Territory
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*an piece of land that is controlled by the U.S., but that is not a state
10
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Northwest Territory
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- big piece of land that the US acquired after the revolution
- what is now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, & Michigan
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Bill of Rights
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- list of protections from the government written into the US Constitution
- 1st 10 amendments
12
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Amendment
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- a change to a written document
* there are 27 Amendments to the US Constitution
13
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13th Amendment
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*ended slavery
14
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Constitution
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*a list of what the government can and cannot do
15
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Democracy
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- government run by the people
* based on majority rule
