Types and Systems of Government
A system where the power is shared between the central and state governments
Federal
This enlightenment thinker believed that the government needed to be separated so one does not get more powerful than the other.
Montesquieu
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." came from this document.
Declaration of Independence
The U.S. Constitution
This is the first section of the Constitution.
The Preamble
This type of government allows the people to directly vote on issues.
Direct Democracy
This established direct democracy and self-government in the United States.
This Act created anger in the colonies leading to the Boston Tea Party
Tea Act
This group wanted a weaker central government and wanted a Bill of Rights so people knew they were protected from abusive powers.
Anti-Federalist
Article 3 describes this.
Judicial Branch
This type of government has a King or Queen that must follow the laws that have been written
Constitutional Monarchy
John Locke believed in something where the people were to be protected by the government and if not, they had the power to other throw the government.
Social Contract
This act was a tax on paper but it was later repealed due to colonist boycotting.
Stamp Act
This took pieces from the Virginia and New Jersey plan to create the Bicameral legislation we know today.
The Great Compromise
This section describes the structure of the government and how to change the Constitution.
Articles.
This type of government is where one person has all the power and usually controls military and police
Dictatorship
This pamphlet urged colonist to rebel against England
Common Sense
This act made it illegal for colonist to move west and into Native American Lands.
Proclamation Act
The Articles of Confederation made it too difficult to pass laws without the consent of this amount of states
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Article 6 describes this
Supremacy Clause
This system of government was the United States first system after becoming independent from Great Britain.
Confederation
This document established limited government in England and the rule of law meaning everyone had to follow the law, even the king.
Magna Carta
This meeting happened in 1775 to send the Olive Branch Petition to avoid war and lastly assign Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence
This was written to support the ratification of the U.S. Constitution
The Federalist Papers.
This article is how you change the Constitution
Article 5