Origins of American government Flashcards
An adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers.
Bicameral
Great Charter forced upon King John of England by his barons in 1215; established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility.
Magna Carta
Document prepared by Parliament and signed by King Charles I of England in 1628; challenged the idea of the divine right of kings and declared that even the monarch was subject to the laws of the land.
Petition Of Right
Document written by Parliament and agreed on by William and Mary of England in 1680, designed to prevent abuse of power by English monarchs; forms the basis for much in American government and politics today.
English Bill Of Rights
stated the powers and limits of government.
Fundamental Orders Of Connecticut
a colony granted to some individual with the fullest prerogatives of government.
Proprietary Colony
a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.
Royal Colonies
a colony that received a charter from a king to create a colony.
Charter Colonies
confederation formed between the Plymouth, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, and New Haven colonies to defend against Native Americans and nearby Dutch colonies.
New England Confederation
powerful alliance of six native American nations.
Iroquois Confederation
Plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies and the Crown.
Albany Plan Of Union
required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.
Stamp Act
formally declared that colonists should have the same rights as Englishmen.
First Continental Congress
meetings of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War, which established American independence from the British Empire.
Second Continental Congress
declared that “all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights” of which they cannot deprive themselves or their posterity.
Virginia Declaration Of Rights
Which states were New England
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Which states were Middle colonies
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Which states were Southerns colonies
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
author of common sense
Thomas paine
What did the common sense aregued
American colonies to declare independence from Britain
2nd continental Congress selected him as comander
George Washington
Who mostly wrote the declaration of independance
Thomas Jefferson
a joining of serveral different groups for a common purpose
confederation
a representative
delegate
the principle that government exist only with the consent of the governed
popular sovereignty
government has only the powers granted by the people in the constitution
limited government
each branch could limit the power of the other branches
Checks an balances
power of congress
borrow money
request money from states
raise an army
declare war and peace
limits on congress
no national court system
no president or executive branc
no power to tax
convention meets
may 25,1787 and Rhode island did not attend
how many delegates
55
framers delegates
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Halmiton
James Madison
The Great Compromise
AKA Connecticut Compromise
the lower house was elected by the people and the upper house elected by state legeslatures
An agreement during the Constitutional Convention protecting slave holders, denied Congress the power to tax the export of goods from any State, and for 20 years, the power to act on the slave trade.
Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
three fifths compromise
It determined that three out of every five slaves were counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative representation and taxation
