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| Trade established between Europe and the Americans after the arrival of Columbus[image] |
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| Economic system in which the mother country takes advantage of their colonies for wealth and natural resources |
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| Document which limited the power of the King in England |
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| Agreement between the Pilgrims of the Plymouth Colony to follow a set of rules for the good of the colony; early attempt at self-government |
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Bicameral (two houses) legislature that was a representative democracy in which representatives were chosen to represent the individual towns within the state of Virginia |
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| New England Town Meetings |
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| Direct Democracy in which white, male, landowning citizens could participate firsthand in the government |
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John Locke's idea of the rights that belong to all people at birth These rights include: "Life, Liberty, Property" |
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Case in which Peter Zenger spoke out against the governor. The issue this case dealt with was the Freedom of the Press. |
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| Albany Plan of Union (1754) |
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Benjamin Franklin's first attempt at uniting the 13 colonies against the British. The colonists rejected it as they felt it was a danger to the democractic governments they had put in place while Britain was not directly ruling them during a period known as Salutary neglect. |
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| Period in which Britain had no policy for governing the colonies, and ignored them to focus on their own issues in Britain. |
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| Articles of Confederation (1781-1789) |
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| Adopted after the American Revolution, first attempt at national government...THEY WERE A FAILURE! |
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| JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU believed in: |
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| The Social Contract, an agreement between the people and their government |
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| The Separation of Powers; This is where we get our idea for our 3 Branches |
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| Why, oh why did the Articles of Confederation FAIL?? |
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- No Army - No power to tax - No executive branch (Mr. Prez.) - Unequal representation of small and large states |
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Where did the Constitutional Convention take place?? (hint, they have awesome cheesesteaks!) |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (get it, Philly cheese steaks...tee hee) |
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| What was one of the BIG issues at the Constitutional Convention?? |
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How representation would be decided based on population Would small states get less votes than larger states? |
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- One house legislature - All states have equal representatives - Supported by smaller states |
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- Bicameral legislature (2 houses) - Representation in Congress based on population - Supported by larger states **THIS PLAN WINS!!! YAY!** |
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TWO HOUSES *In the U.S., Senate and House of Representatives |
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- TWO HOUSE LEGISLATURE - EACH STATE GETS 2 SENATORS - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is determined by population - |
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| THE THREE- FIFTHS COMPROMISE |
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- Dealing with issue of counting slaves in state populations - Slaves would count as 3/5 a person to determing representation in the house of reps. -They were also counted as 3/5 a person for tax purposes |
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- President is elected by electoral college - 4 year terms of office - No limits on # of terms ** ** Until the 22nd Amendment in 1951** |
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| How many states were needed to ratify the Constitution?? |
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