Founding Of the NATIONS Flashcards
1
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Enlightenment
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- age of reason
- a time when people started using observation & science to determine how things work
2
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Declaration of independence
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Americas letter to Britain that we are 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 to complaint
8
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Northwest Ordinance
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- A document created to govern the Northwest Territory
- Established several precedents for the US Constitution
9
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Territory
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-A 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
11
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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 to the US constitution
12
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Amendment
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- A change to a written document
- There are 27 amendments to the U.S. 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 do and cannot do
