Theories of Government
God created the state and that God had given those of royal birth the right to rule
This type of government gets its power from the people and has people vote directly on their government
democracy
This compromise was to settle the issue of representation from the slave-owning south
3/5th compromise
The goal of the Federalist Papers was to convince states to what?
Ratify the Constitution
The three branches are:
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
One person or a small group claimed control over an area and forced all within to submit to that person’s or group’s rule
Force theory
A government in which a single person holds unlimited political power
Autocracy
This plan for representation benefited large states and argued for population based representation in Congress
This group SUPPORTED the ratification of the Constitution and felt that a large republic was the best way to prevent tyranny and have a successful government.
Federalists
The first ten amendments are called:
Bill of Rights
Claims the state developed naturally out of the earliest group unit, the family
force theory
An alliance of independent states.
Confederation
This plan for representation was supported by smaller states and proposed a system where each state had equal representation regardless of population.
The New Jersey Plan
This group did NOT support ratification of the Constitution. They worried that a large republic would mean that states lost power and representatives would never be able to truly know and represent their constituents.
Anti-Federalists
Our legislative branch is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate. This type of 2 part legislature is called a ___________legislature
bicameral
People voluntarily came together and created the state
Social Contract Theory
A government in which the president is elected separately from the legislature
Presidential
This plan settled disputes between small and large states on the issue of representation and gave us the structure of our current legislature.
The Connecticut Plan or The Great Compromise
James Madison
Our President is not directly elected. Instead a slate of electors vote for president based on the people's vote. This is called the ____________ _____________
Electoral college
This movement that included thinkers such as Montesquieu, Locke, and Rousseau greatly influenced the men that would go on to shape American government.
The Enlightenment
A government in which all the powers are held by a central agency which then gives out the remainder of the powers to local government for its own convenience
Unitary
List THREE weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
No ability to tax
No ability to regulate commerce
No ability to raise an army
No national court system
Could not coin money
Federalist 10 argued that this grouping of people based on common interests was inevitable, but that the key wasn't suppressing these groups (which would be tyrannical) but having a lot of them spread out over a large territory.
factions
To propose an amendment, you must get _______vote either in the House and Senate or the state legislatures and to ratify, you need _____ of the states.
2/3
3/4