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This first attempt at creating a new American government was eventually replaced by the Constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
His “natural rights” philosophy included life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
This branch of government makes the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
These two plans for representation created the Great Compromise?
What is the Virginia and New Jersey plan?
The belief that political power rests with the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
His writings inspired the idea of separation of powers in the U.S. Constitution.
Who is Montesquieu?
This branch of government interprets the laws and reviews the Constitutionality of actions.
What is the judicial branch?
This compromise counted three out of every five enslaved people for representation and taxation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This principle means government must follow the law, and no one is above it.
What is rule of law?
This pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, encouraged independence from Britain.
What is Common Sense?
He argued in Common Sense that the colonies should break away from Britain.
Who is Thomas Paine?
This branch of government enforces the laws.
What is the executive branch?
This compromise stated Congress could not ban the importation of enslaved people for 20 years.
What is the Slave Trade Compromise?
Montesquieu’s idea that power should be split into different branches.
What is separation of powers?
This English document stated that no one, including the king, is above the law.
What is the Magna Carta
This idea says people give up some freedoms in exchange for government protection.
What is social contract?
This system ensures that no one branch of government becomes too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
This compromise created a two-house legislature to satisfy both small and large states.
What is the Great Compromise?
The president’s power to veto a bill is an example of this system.
This document declared the colonies’ independence and stated that government’s power comes from the consent of the governed.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This principle of the Constitution means that government powers are limited by law and must protect individual rights.
What is limited government?
What two groups argued over ratification of the Constitution and the addition of the Bill of Rights?
What is Federalist v. Anti Federalist?
When state and national governments share power, it’s called this
What is federalism?