Staar Point Flashcards
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A formal plan of government
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Constitution
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The first government United State parentheses (1781-1788), an alliance with a weak central government where states held the majority of the power
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Articles of Confederation
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Representatives from the colonies met in the Constitution was
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Constitutional (Philadelphia) Convention 1787-
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Author of the Virginia plan fourth President of the United States, known as the “ Father the Constitution”
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James Madison
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A two-house legislature
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Bicameral
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The right to vote
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Suffrage
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Economic system where businesses compete with little government interference
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Free enterprise
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Idea that there is a right to privacy and independence from government control
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Laissez faire (“hands off”)
