Early Colonial Vocab
British did not interfere in early colonial governance
Salutary Neglect
Encouraged Mohawk, Seneca, Onondaga, Oneida and Cayuga to create an alliance - Iroquois Confederacy
Hiawatha
First Ten Amendments
Bill of Rights
Traditions and practices of Government
Unwritten Constitution
Federalism
Native American tribes of NY [alliance]
Iroquois Confederacy
said - “He that will not work shall not eat.” in order to ensure the survival of Jamestown
Captain John Smith
Created a 2 house Congress
The Great Compromise [Connecticut plan]
Presidential ability to kill a bill
Veto
Case that established judicial review
Marbury v Madison
Agreement among the Pilgrims to majority rule
Mayflower Compact
Got into a skirmish with the French near the forks of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers. Thus starting the French and Indian war
George Washington
Counted slaves for census and taxes as a fraction of a human
Three Fifths Compromise
Majority of Electoral College votes
Advisers to the President
Cabinet
Idea of Montesquieu's the founding fathers incorporated in the Constitution
Separation of Powers [three branches]
Wrote Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Believed in the ratification of the Constitution
Federalist
Every ten years the government counts all people in the US
census
Elected official rewarding loyal supporters with government jobs
spoils system
Economic system that benefits the mother country
Mercantilism
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Necessary and Proper Clause
Elastic Clause
Ability of Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional
Judicial Review
Washington advised no European entanglements in this document