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the body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of a government |
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Support for a system of representative government spread known as a republic |
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a principle of the united states consitutition gives it, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away |
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the political right to vote in an election and its requirements are determined by each soverign nation or entity |
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virginia statute for religious freedom |
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the virgina statutue for religious freedom was a statute written in 1779 by Thomas Jefferson. |
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Articles of confederation |
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document that created the first central government for the united states was replaced by the constitution in 1789 |
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a legislative act by congress, authorizing surveys and the division of public lands in the western region of the country into townships that would then be further divided, for sale, into one square mile sections |
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northwest ordinance of 1787 |
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was an act of the continental congress that organized the northwest territory as part of the united states |
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also known as the old northwest and the territory north west of the ohio, was a governmental region wihtin the early united states |
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a tax on imported goods but in some countries also on exported goods |
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a major concern of the new nation and would have to be resolved by later court decisions |
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sharp rises in inflation often lead to a barter economy, where people exchange items of value instead of using money to pay for them |
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people or companies who owe money |
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a steep drop in economic activity combined with rising unemployment |
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an uprising of massachusetts farmers led by daniel says to protest taxes debt and foreclosures |
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a former captain in the american revolutionary war. he led a small army of farmers in shays rebillion a revolt against the state government of massachussetts |
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gathering of state represntatives on may 25 1787 to revise the articles of confederation |
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presented by delegates from virginia at the constitutuional convention called for a 3 branch goverment with a bicameral legislature in which each states membership would be determined by its population |
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a branch of government responsible for prospering and passing various forms of legislation |
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branch of government that carries out laws |
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branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly |
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a plan proposed at the constitutional convention, favored by smaller states that called for 3 branches of government with a single chamber legislature |
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settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement |
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plan at the constitutional convention that settled the differences between large and small states |
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was an agreement at the constitutional convention that 3/5 of the slaves in any state would be counted in its population for apportionment purposes |
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the fourth president of the united states. He was the primary author of the untied states consitution in 1787 and with alexander hamilton was the chief expounder of its meaning in the federalist papers |
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leaders who laid the ground work for the united states |
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signed in 1215 a british document that contained two basic ideas monarchs themselves have to obey the laws and citizens have basic rights |
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document written by parliament and agreed on by william and mary of england in 1689 designed to prevent abuse of power by english monarchs, forms the basis for much in americas government and politics today |
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an oxford scholar, medical researcher and physican, political operative, economist and ideologue for a revolutionary movement as well as being one of the great philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century |
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french political thinker who lived during the enlightenment. He is famous for his articulation of the tehory of separation of powers |
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system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them |
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government in which one person who for a small group holds complete authority |
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the right not to be held in prison wihtout first being charged with a speciic crime |
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a political concept of equally dividing the power among the branches of government |
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supporters of ratification of the constitution |
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people who opposed ratification of the constitution |
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85 essays written by supporters of the consitution in 1787 and 1788 |
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ten amendments that were added to the constitution and ratified in 1791 |
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united states patriot statesmen and delegate from virginia to the us constitutional convention he has been called the father of the bill of rights |
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government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others the government or power of an absolute monarch |
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a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges especially the herediatary nobility |
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power is balanced between a central government and state government |
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a king or queen rules according to the constitution |
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the people elect representatives to make policy decisions for them |
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powers of the federal government |
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print money, regulate international trade, make treaties, declare war, provide a military |
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powers of the State Government |
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conduct, elections, regulate business within the state, establish local governments, ratify amendments to the Constitution |
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shared powers of state and federal govt |
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collect taxes,establish courts, make and enforce laws |
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qualifications for president |
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35 years old, being a natural born, American citizen, being a resident of U.S for 14 years |
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approving cabinet appointments |
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legislative branch checks the powers of the executive branch |
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this group had the power to borrow money, declare war, and repel invasions under the article of confederations |
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articles of confederation |
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did not work when states protected their interests in ways that were harmful to other states |
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created a two legislative branches |
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Where American democracy borrowed its political ideas |
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federal agency primarily responsible for overseeing U.S foreign policy |
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support themselves, over age of 18 lived in U.S, obey the laws of the U.S and support the constitution, pass a test to prove they can read write and speak English, understand basic U.S history |
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right to protest government policies |
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people wanted to settle this area because of the fertile soil, forests, and wild animals |
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kept the number of free states and slave states in balance |
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purpose to show boarders on a map |
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name given to the transfer of good ideas animals and disease between the old world and the new world |
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conquered the Native Americans of the New World including the Incas and the Aztecs |
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showed the importance to limit the powers of government |
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source of the U.S governments authority |
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
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create a system for bringing new states into the union |
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supported a strong central government |
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showed to political leaders that the nation needed a strong central government |
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a set of essays supporting ratification of the Constitution |
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opposed ratification of the U.S constitution because they thought it did not guarantee individual rights |
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Qualification of House of Representatives |
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at least 25 years or older and a citizen for at least 7 years |
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one duty is to vote in the Senate in case of a tie |
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a body of delegates from each state that casts the votes for president |
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part of the triangular trade route included the transportation of slaves to America |
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directed the flow of goods between England and the colonies |
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first time parliament had tried to tax colonists directly |
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the idea that english colonies must trade with England and use only English ships for transport |
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Who believed the colonists had the right to break away from England because they did not protect the rights of the colonists |
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taxation without representation |
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colonists did not support a government in which they had no voice |
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Location of the shot heard round the world marked the beginning of the American Revolution |
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Colonists gained the support of France and Spain |
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commander of the Continental army |
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stated that the United States was recognized as an independent nation |
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Wrote the famous pamphlet Common Sense |
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countries rely on one another to buy and sell goods to keep their economies healthy |
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caused stamp act to be repealed by the British parliament |
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Which country lost most of its land claims in North America by 1763? |
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As of 1763, most of the land that eventually became the United States was claimed by |
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was written to set up a system for social and political self government |
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elected assembly with law making power in the colonies |
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Great Britain passed the navigation acts a series of laws that restricted colonial trade in favor of Great Britain |
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Intolerable acts and closing Boston harbor |
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response to the Boston tea party |
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U.S depends on middle east crude oil |
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the economic interdependence between Britain and the colonies can best be compared with which economic relationship today |
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was the primary author of the declaration of independence |
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first commander of the Continental Army |
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The battle of Saratoga was a turning point for the patriots because they gained support from |
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said U.S was recognized as an independent nation |
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Trancendentalist thinkers |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margeret Fuller and Henry David Thoreau |
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attempts to form perfect societies |
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Focus of the writings of trancendentalist thinkers |
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individualism and democracy |
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The values Walt Whitmans poetry expressed |
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Period of Christian renewal that began in the northeastern Unites States |
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reform effort to urge people to use self discipline to stop drinking hard liquor |
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spoke of the horrid conditions of prisions and inspired the building of sperate facilities for the mentally ill |
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believed that all children learn in the same place regardless of their backgrounds |
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contributed to the education reform movement and extended the length of the school year |
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free American schools for the deaf and those with hearing impairments |
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womens rights and slavery |
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Reform movements during the Antebellum period were directed at which of the following |
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directed the flow of goods between England and the colonies |
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one person runs the entire government |
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dealt with slave population and how it realted to representation |
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constitutional amendments |
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one way to change laws in our country |
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who can impeach the president |
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What was it called when 3 french agents would discuss a treaty with the U.S only for a bribe? |
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What doubled the size of the united states |
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feelings of pride and loyalty to a nation |
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How did the U.S gain the territory of modern day Florida from Spain |
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