Unit 1 Vocab Flashcards
A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War
Articles of Confederation
A European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition
The Enlightenment
A form of government with a monarch at the head
Monarchy
Rights that people supposedly have under natural law (a body of unchanging moral principles regarded as a basis for all human conduct)
Natural law/rights
Constitutional authority is shared by three different branches of government
Separation of powers
A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates
Shays’s Rebellion
A form of government in which deity is the source from which all authority derives
Theocracy
Those who favor a weaker national government
Antifederalists
A lawmaking body of 2 chambers or parts
Bicameral
A lawmaking body of 1 chamber or part
Unicameral
A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
Constitutional Convention
A government in which all or most citizens participate directly
Direct democracy
Government authority shared by national and local governments
Federalism
A collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the U.S. Constitution
Federalist Papers
A government in which leaders make decisions by winning a competitive struggle for the popular vote
Representative/indirect democracy
Proposal to create a weak national government
New Jersey Plan
A government in which elected representatives make the decisions
Republic
A compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 Constitutional Convention
Three-Fifths Clause
Proposal to create a strong national government
Virginia Plan
