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Government 1
New Nation
Constitution
Government 2
Even more Government
100
This type of government gives all power and authority to the central government
What is Unitary?
100
This document contained four parts, one which contained a list of rights
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
This compromise prevents the central government from taxing exports
What is commerce and slave trade compromise?
100
This is a body of people living in a defined territory, with a defined, sovereign government
What is a State?
100
The military helps carry out this purpose of government
What is common defense?
200
society makes and enforces its public policies through this institution.
What is Government?
200
This plan called for a unicameral legislature based on equal representation
What is the New Jersey Plan?
200
This group made up mostly of farmers thought the Constitution would crush the states' power
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
200
A type of government where a small group of people have the political authority to rule
What is an Oligarchy?
200
The president carries out this type of governmental power in the United States
What is Executive power?
300
A single person has unlimited political power in this form of government
What is an Autocracy?
300
Plan which called for a three branch government in which the legislative branch was bicameral
What is the Virginia Plan?
300
This collection of essays and letters were originally printed in newspapers and later were published as a book
What are the Federalist papers?
300
No government
What is Anarchy?
300
These are the four characteristics of a state
What are Population, Territory, Government, and Sovereignty?
400
Supreme authority rests with the people in this form of government
What is Democracy?
400
This form of American government was weak and ineffective
What is the Articles of Confederation?
400
This compromise resulted in our present form of government
What is the Great Compromise/Connecticut compromise?
400
This is the utmost authority in decision making and maintaining order in a state
What is Sovereignty?
400
This is absolutely vital in a Democracy in order to get an legislation passed
What is Compromise?
500
this form of government divides power between a central government and several local governments
What is Federal government?
500
This group of Northeastern merchants supported a strong central government
Who are the Federalists?
500
This compromise solved the problem regarding which people would be counted as citizens for representation purposes
What is the three fifths compromise?
500
New England town meetings are an example of this type of government
What is a Direct Democracy?
500
The first United States constitution is an example of this classification of government
What is Confederacy?