STAAR Points 9 Flashcards
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A formal plan of government
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Constitution
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The first government of the United States (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 form the colonies met and the Constitution was written
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Constitutional (Philadelphia) Convention 1787
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Author if the Virginia Plan, 4th president if the United States, known as the “Father of the Constitution”
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James Madison
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A two-house legislator
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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 Faroe (“hands off”)
