Lesson 7

Question 1

Legislative supremacy

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Legislative body has absolute sovereignty and is supreme over all government institutions

Question 2

Veto

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Nullify

Right to nullify laws that legislature has enacted

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States were United only by their common commitment to

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Fight the war for independence from Britain

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Before the colonies formally declared independence the second continental congress adopted a

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Resolution calling on each stage to make a new constitution

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Important modifications were made to

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These constitutions

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State constitutions used basic ideas of

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Natural rights
Rule of law
Republicanism
Constitutional government

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States experimented with various models in writing their

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New constitutions

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State constitutions all had same basic principles

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Higher law and natural rights
Social contract
Popular sovereignty 
Representation and right to vote
Legislative supremacy

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Representation and the right to vote

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Legislatures composed of representatives

Annual legislative elections

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Strong legislatures that relied on principle of

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Majority rule to protect rights of citizens (legislative supremacy)

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Legislative branch is most capable of

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Reflecting the will of the people

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Executive branch is less accountable to the people and shouldn’t be

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Trusted with much power

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Judges should not be

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Trusted with too much powe r

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Executive branches were

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Weak and dependent on legislatures

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Governors had short terms of office to ensure that they cold not

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Amass too much power

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Appointments made by the governor had to be

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Approved by the legislature

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Governors player almost no role in

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Lawmaking and had limited power to veto laws enacted by legislature

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Houses could check the power of the other by

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Defeating a proposal with which it didn’t agree.

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Voters could check legislators power by

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Electing new representatives

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The Massachusetts constitution created a strobe system of

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Separation of powers and checks and balances

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Massachusetts constitution gave the governor effective checks on the powers of the

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Legislature and provided for a judiciary with judges

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Structure of the Massachusetts constitution is more like that of the

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U.S. Constitution

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Two important characteristics of Massachusetts constitution

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Strong executive

Representation of various economic classes

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Strong executive

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Qualified voters elected the governor

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Governors salary was

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Fixed and couldn’t be changed by the legislature w

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Governor had the power to

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Revise laws enacted by legislature

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Governor had the power to appoint

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Officials to executive branch and judges to the judicial branch

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Representation of various classes

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Complex system of representation to ensure that many groups and interests had a voice
Mixed constitution

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Most state constitutions began with a

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Preamble and a declaration of rights

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Writers of early state constitutions emphasized the importance

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Of guaranteeing basic rights

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Lists of rights differed slightly from state to state yet all were based on the motion this people have rights that must be

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Protected from governmental interference

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Virginia declaration was the first protection of

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Individual rights to be adopted by the people acting through an elected convention

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Virginia declaration expressed the understanding of fundamental

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Inalienable rights ans the motion that people create governments to protect such rights

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Virginia declaration of rights states that all men are equally

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Free and independent and enjoy rights of life and liberty with means of possessing property

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Virginia declaration of rights states that all power is derived

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From and kept by the people

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Virginia declaration of rights states that government is instituted for the

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Common benefit
Protection
And security of the people nation or community

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Virginia declaration stayed that all men are equally entitled to the

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Free exercise of religion

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Declarations in other constitutions begin with statements regarding

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Natural rights
Popular sovereignty
Purposes of government

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Most states declaration included political guarantees such as

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Right to vote 
Free and frequent elections
Freedom of speech and of the press
Right to petition the government to redress grievances 
No taxation without representation

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All state constitutions contained procedural guarantees of

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Due process

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Procedural guarantees of due process

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Right to trial by jury
Protection from illegal searches and seizures
Protection from forced self-incrimination, excessive bail and fines, and cruel and unusual punishment

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Most of the state declarations expressed s fear of military tyranny by condemning

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Standing armies in time of peace and the quartering of troops in civilian homes

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State declarations of rights would have a tremendous influence on the

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Drafting and adoption of the U.S. Bill of rights

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Checks and balances

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A principle whereby each branch of government has some measure of influence over the other branches and may choose to block procedures of the other branches