Important Documents
This document established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute.
the Magna Carta
This group of 55 delegates met at the Philadelphia Convention with the windows closed.
the Framers
In the Senate, states would be represented equally. In the House, the representation for each state would be based on population.
the Great Compromise
On May 25th, 1787, this state did not attend the Philadelphia Convention.
He was unanimously selected as the president of the Philadelphia Convention.
George Washington
The document reinforced earlier rights approved in previous documents, such as the right to bear arms, no cruel and unusual punishment, and no excessive fines or bail.
the English Bill of Rights
It states that no government is all-powerful and can only do those things that the people have given it power to do.
Limited Government
Northern States vs Southern States ... Technically, the South won.
the Three-Fifths Compromise
Not only was he an anti-federalist, but he is also known for his "signature."
John Hancock
This is where we first see the idea of three branches of government, operating independently from one another with a system of checks and balances.
Charles Montesquieu
This document challenged the divine right theory; even monarchs were expected to obey the law of the land.
Petition of Right
A method of distributing power where power is divided among the national, or central, government, and regional governments, such as states and cities.
Federalism
This same formula would be used to determine the amount of direct taxes to be levied by Congress.
the Three-Fifths Compromise
The name of the enslaved women who birthed children from a well known president.
Sally Hemings
He used Locke’s ideology as a foundation for The Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
This document established a bicameral legislative branch, a president in the executive branch, and gave Congress the power to tax.
the Constitution
This form of government only handles matters that the independent states assign to it.
Confederate
Congress would not be able to interfere with the slave trade for a period of at least twenty years.
Commerce Compromise
This Article of the Constitution created the Judicial Branch
Article III
He believed that direct democracy, with the citizens being the sovereign, was the best form of government.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
This document up a simple government structure with a unicameral legislative branch. Congress did not have the power to tax and had to rely on asking the states to borrow funds.
the Articles of Confederation
This form of government has sovereign power held by those who are eligible to vote, while political power is exercised by the representatives chosen by the citizens
Republic
This compromise is also known as the Connecticut Compromise.
the Great Compromise
A book title and a mythological sea creature that devoured entire ships and likened the leviathan to government – a powerful state created to
impose order.
Leviathan
He argued that natural rights, such as life, liberty, and property, existed in a state of nature and could not be taken away or voluntarily surrendered. These rights are ‘unalienable’, or impossible to surrender.
John Locke