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| Basic principle of American government which States that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away |
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| System of government in which public policies are made by officials selected by the voters and held accountable in periodic election |
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| Representative Government |
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| 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 trail by jury and due process of law to the nobility |
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| Document prepared by Parliament and signed by King Charles I of England in 1628; challenged the idea of Kings and declared that even the monarch was subject to the laws of the land |
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| Document written by Parliament and agreed on by William and Mary of England 1689; designed to prevent abuse of power by English monarchs; forms the basis for much in American government and politics today |
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| A city's basic law, its Constitution; a written grant of authority from the King |
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| Legislative composed of one chamber |
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| Legislative composed of two chambers |
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| Colonies organized by a proprietor, a person to whom the King had made a grant of land. In 1775 Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. |
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| a joining of several groups for a common purpose |
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| Proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754; aimed to untie the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; plan turned down by the colonies and the Crown |
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| Body would have the power to raise military and naval forces, make war and peace with Native Americans, regulate trade with them, tax, and collect custom duties. |
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| Refusal to buy or sell certain products or services |
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| withdrawn, cancelled, or recalled |
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| Basic principle of the American system of government which asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power, and government can exist only with the consent of the governed. |
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| Plan of government adopted by the Continental Congress after the American Revolution; established "a firm league of friendship" among the States, but allowed few important powers to the central government |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| Formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty |
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| group of delegates who drafted the United States Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 |
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| Framers of the Constitution |
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| Plan presented by delegates from Virginia at the Constitutional Convention; called for a three-branch government with a bicameral legislature in which each State's membership would be determined by its population or its financial support for the central government |
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| Plan presented as an alternative to the Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention; called for a unicameral legislature in which each State would be equally represented |
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| An agreement during the Constitutional Convention the Congress should be composed of a Senate in which States would be represented equally, and a House, in which representation would be based on a States population |
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| An agreement at the Constitutional Convention to count a slave as three-fifths of a person when determining the population of a State |
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| An agreement during the Constitutional Convention protecting slave holders; denied Congress the power to tax the exports of goods from any State, and, for the next 20 years, the power to act on slave trade |
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| Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise |
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| Those persons who supported the ratification of the Constitution in 1787-1788 |
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| Those persons who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1787-1788 |
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| Least number of members who must be present for a legislative body to conduct business, majority. |
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