Colonization
The three reasons why people came to the New World
Hint: "G"
What is God, Gold, and Glory?
War that triggered the British need for resources and money caused by debt
What was the French and Indian War?
Presidential power to deny a law by Congress
What is a veto?
Favor of a direct interpretation of the Constitution
A past action, decision, or judicial ruling that serves as an example or authority to guide later decisions in similar circumstances.
What is a precedent?
The belief a colony exists solely to serve a mother country
What is mercantilism?
This law created by the British government forced colonists to house British troops in their houses
What was the Quartering Act?
Constitutional compromise in which for every 5 enslaved persons counted, 3 would be counted for the amount of representatives a state recieves
What was the 3/5ths compromise?
Marbury vs Madison decided the Supreme Court had this power
What is judicial review?
Belief by John Locke that all humans are born with the rights of life, liberty, and property
What are natural rights?
Group of colonies known for rich soil allowing for an easier yield of crops
Who were the Southern Colonies?
British policy after the Boston Tea Party to punish the American colonists
What was The Intolerable Acts?
Document set created by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay to convince people to ratify the Constitution
What were the Federalist Papers?
Washington warned the nation to remain this during his farewell address
What is to remain neutral?
A constitutional principle that divides power among separate branches of government so that each branch can limit and restrain the others.
What are checks and balances?
This happened to Native populations after European settlers arrived in the New World
What is the decline in population?
Treaty that ended the American Revolution
What was the Treaty of Paris?
This group decides who the next president will be
Who are the Electoral College?
Rebellion due to early taxation of farmers that solidified Washington as commander in chief
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
The power by Congress to make any laws they need that are "necessary and proper"
What is the Elastic Clause?
First democratic representative government in the colonies based in Virginia
What was the House of Burgesses?
British policy of forcing the colonists to follow all British laws immediately after being ignored for an extended period of time.
What was salutary neglect?
The 1st Amendment is this
What is freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, protest/petition?
This law passed during the Adams Administration referred to the following:
- Removal of foreign individuals
- Anything that talks about the government through the press was forbidden
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
A system of government where the fundamental rules, laws, and principles are not compiled into just the Constitution, but the Constitution can be adjusted as need be
What is the Unwritten Constitution?