Documents
A plan that set forth structures and powers of government
What is a Constitution?
Country or area under full of partial control of a country
What is a colony?
System of government where power flows from the states to a weak national government
What is a Confederacy?
Division of government into branches which each have seperate powers and responsibility
What is Seperation of Powers?
person sent by/authorized to a group of people
What is a delegate?
First agreement of rights for self government in America, set up government in Plymoth in 1620
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Traditional/assumed rights for English subjects, had roots in the Magna Carta
What is the Rights of Englishmen?
Agreement among members of a society to cooperate for social means by sacrificing certain liberties
What is Social Contract?
What is rule of law?
Tax imposed on imported or exported goods
What is a Tariff?
First written charter of rigths in the western world, established rule of law.
What is the Magna Carta?
Rights that all Englishmen were expected to have, even if they were unwritten
What is Common Law?
Government with a single legislative chamber
What is Unicameral?
Rights that every human is born with and which cannot be denied by government (life, liberty, property/pursuit of happiness)
What is Natural or Inalienable Rights?
Economic policy that maximizes exports and minimizes imports
What is Mercantilism?
Established principles of parliament and was a written statement of rights englishmen were already accepted to have (1639)
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Britain's official policy that relaxed regulations imposed on the colonies and allowed the colonies to mostly rule themselves.
What is Salutary Neglect?
Doctrine that says government is created by and for the people
What is Popular Sovereignty?
System of government where different branches can hold each other accountable, and approve/veto their actions
What are Checks and Balances?
Written grant by an organization's sovereign by which a body is founded and rights are given
What is a charter?
Adopted in 1639, was one of the first constitutions in the western world, stated the powers/limits of government.
What is the Fundamental Orders of Connectiut?
Representative assembly in Virginia that was the first popularly elected legislature in the new world.
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
Legislative body is absolute sovereignty over all other government institutions
What is Legislative Supremacy?
Engagement in conversation intended to enhance understanding, function of free speech
What is Civil Discourse?