Ch. 2.1
This is the process of influencing the actions and policies of government.
The set of beliefs, customs, traditions, and values that Americans share.
A theory that widespread participation is essential for democratic government.
A popular uprising against the government of Massachusetts.
A design of government that distributes powers across institutions in order to avoid making one branch too powerful on its own.
The rules and institutions that make up the system of policy making.
The idea that the government’s right to rule comes from the people.
A theory of democracy that emphasizes the role of groups in the policymaking process.
A meeting attended by state delegates in 1787 to fix the Articles of Confederation.
A design of government in which each branch has powers that can prevent the other branches from making policy.
A system of government where power is held by the people.
A system in which the government’s authority comes from the people through their representatives.
A theory of democracy that the elites have a disproportionate amount of influence in the policymaking process.
A plan of government calling for a three-branch government with a bicameral legislature, where more populous states would have more representation in Congress.
The sharing of power between the national government and the states.
The right to life, liberty, and property, which the government cannot take away.
Rights the government cannot take away.
A democratic system with elected representatives in which the Constitution is the supreme law.
A plan of government that provided for a unicameral legislature with equal votes for each states.
The institution responsible for making laws.
People allow their governments to rule over them to ensure an orderly and functioning society.
Social, political, and economic freedoms.
A governing document that created a union of thirteen sovereign states in which the states, not the union, were supreme.
This settled issues of state representation by calling for a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives apportioned proportionately and a Senate apportioned equally.
The institution responsible for carrying out laws passed by the legislative branch.