Terms/Vocab
Act of the British parliament that exacted revenue from the American Colonies
Stamp Act
Founding doc of the United States
declaration of independence
Wrote the declaration of independence
Thomas Jefferson
Where in the constitution do we see popular sovereignty
Article 1, 17th Amendment
court case decision that defined the scope of the U.S. Congress's legislative power and how it relates to the powers of American state legislatures
McCullough vs. Maryland
protest that occurred on December 16th, 1773
Boston Tea Party
Doc that has the amendments
Bill of Rights
Wrote the Federalist papers
James Madison
In what way is the Bill of Rights a compromise between the federalists and anti-federalists?
Reserved powers that are given to the States and the people
what court case held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, which is granted to the US Congress by the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution, encompasses the power to regulate navigation
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Political system where there is more than one center of power
Pluralist Democracy
What doc is known as the supreme law of the Untied States
Constitution
"natural rights"
John Locke
What is one of the goals of the national government, according the preamble?
Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote general welfare
what court case limited the reach of the Bill of Rights to the national government
Barron vs. Baltimore
Series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts bay for the Boston tea party
Intolerable Acts
Federalist 51
Said that the best form a government was one in which the legislation, executive, and judicial powers were separate
Montesquieu
According to the Constitution, how can the document be amended
2/3 of both houses of congress can vote to propose amendments
designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in congress
New Jersey Plan
Brutus 1
Work on social contract, philosopher questioned the purpose and place of the government
Jean Jacques Rousseau
What was the British government’s rationale for imposing taxes on the colonists after the French and Indian War
to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the seven years war