Vocab 1
Monarch
King or Queen
A person who rules with complete and absolute power.
Dictator
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Rihanna
What are the two main types of government?
Democratic and non-democratic.
What are the rights the declaration of independence provides?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
A form of government in which all the people meet together at one place to make laws and decide what actions to take.
Direct Democracy
A form of government in which the people elect representatives to carry on the work of government for them.
Representative Democracy
Who is Kentrell DeSean Gaulden?
NBA Youngboy
Why was Common Sense written?
Thomas Paine encouraged colonists to demand their rights as citizens and to support independence for the colonies.
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
A written plan of government.
Constitution
A government’s absolute power or authority.
Sovereignty
Who is Onika Tanya Maraj?
Nicki Minaj
served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain.
Articles of confederation
What was the new written plan after the states called a convention?
The new plan became the constitution.
The lawmaking body of the British Government.
Parliament
Approval by a formal vote.
Ratification
Who is Aubrey Graham?
Drake
What state was not part of the 13 original colonies?
Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Nebraska, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
What was a weaknesses of the Articles of confederation?
Each state only had one vote in Congress, regardless of size. Congress did not have the power to tax. Congress did not have the power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce. There was no executive branch to enforce any acts passed by Congress.
Supporters of the U.S. Constitution who urges its adoption.
Federalists
Antifederalists
Opponents of the Constitution who urges its rejection.
Who is Marshall Bruce Mathers III?
Eminem
Main idea of the English Bill of Rights and Parliamentary government?
The English Bill of Rights created a constitutional monarchy in England, meaning the king or queen acts as head of state but his or her powers are limited by law. A parliamentary system is basically a representative form of government in which individual members of a legislative body are elected, and the results of those elections determine the executive.
Magna Carta guaranteed free people could not?
The magna carta guaranteed that free people could not be arrested, put in prison, or forced to leave their nation unless they were given a trial by a jury of their peers.