Political Theory
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This is the name of the first constitution of the United States.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This is the form of government decided upon at the Constitutional Convention, in which people select representatives to make laws.
What is a republic?
An approach where different branches of government divide up roles so that they are relatively independent.
What is separation of powers?
This is the name for a formal change to the Constitution.
What is an amendment?
These are the three natural rights listed by John Locke.
What are life, liberty, and property?
Under the Articles of Confederation, this is who had the most power.
What are state legislatures?
This is the solution to whether representation in congress should be based on population or should treat all states equally.
What is the Connecticut Compromise?
This is the system that forces each branch of government to gain the consent of the others in order to act.
What are checks and balances?
This is the fraction of states that need to ratify a constitutional amendment for it to go into law.
What is 3/4?
John Locke described this as the sole purpose of government.
What is preservation of property/natural rights?
The national government's lack of the authority to do this made maintaining an army and navy difficult.
What is levy taxes?
This deal resolved how to count slaves in the census for purposes of representation.
What is the three-fifths compromise?
This is the one group in the national government that were directly voted into office under Madison's original system.
What is the House of Representatives?
The case Marbury v. Madison established this principle.
What is judicial review?
The view that the governmental authority comes from the people.
What is the consent of the governed?
This event that benefited farmers at the expense of lenders helped trigger the calling of the Constitutional Convention.
What is Shays's Rebellion?
The Constitution required the government it formed to spend $54 million to do this.
What is pay the debt of the Continental Congress and Articles of Confederation.
This is the name of the group advocating for ratification of the Constitution.
Who are the Federalists?
This is the fraction of votes needed in each house of congress to successfully propose a constitutional amendment.
What is 2/3?
The vast majority of the Declaration of Independence focuses on this.
What are allegations of King George III's abuses of the colonies?
This is the requirement to ratify changes to the Articles of Confederation.
What is unanimous consent?
This is the name for a legislature with two houses.
What is bicameral?
This is the amendment that changed to direct election of senators.
What is the 17th amendment?
While a legal option, this has never been used to propose an amendment to the constitution.
What is a national convention.