The belief that every individual is of fundamental importance.
What is Worth of the individual
100
A written grant of authority from the king.
What is a charter
100
A league of friendship for defense against the Native Americans established by Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, New Haven and Connecticut.
What is the New England Confederation
100
A principle that states that the people are the only source of any and all governmental power.
What is popular sovereignty
200
When power is held by a single person or small group
What is dictatorship
200
The belief that everyone is entitled to 1. equality of opportunity, and 2. equality before the law
What is equality of all persons
200
When a colony is under direct control from the crown. Before the American Revolution there were 8.
What is a Royal Colony
200
A meeting between 7 colonies in Albany, New York. The proposal included the formation of an annual congress. It was approved by the delegates but not the colonies or the crown.
What is the Albany Plan of Union
200
The principle that no government is "all-powerful" It is the other side of the coin of popular sovereignty.
What is limited government
300
When a ruler exercises complete control over all aspects of life
What is totalitarianism
300
The belief that if a majority agrees to something they still need to respect the voice of the minority as well.
What is Majority Rule, Minority Rights
300
A colony that is organized by a proprietor , a person to whom the king had made a grant of land. Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware are examples.
What is a Proprietary Colony
300
A group of delegates that met in New York that prepared a strong protest, called the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, and sent it to the king.
What is the Stamp Act Congress
300
The separation of powers between different branches of government while all still remain equal.
What is separation of power
400
A type of government where the executive and legislative branches of the government are separate, independent of one another, and coequal
What is Presidential Government
400
The process of blending and adjusting competing views and interests.
What is Necessity of Compromise
400
A colony created by charters and largely governed themselves.
What is Charter Colony
400
After the creation of the Intolerable Acts a group of delegates met in Philadelphia. They sent a Declaration of Rights to the King and urging the colonies to refuse all trade with England.
What is the First Continental Congress
400
A principle that all branches are subject to a number of constitutional check by the other branches.
What is checks and balances
500
The executive is made up of the prime minister or premier and that official's cabinet and they themselves are part of the legislative branch
What is parliamentary government
500
The belief that that democracy can only exist with everyone is free, but this is not a guaranteed right.
What is individual freedom
500
The governmental set up of the colonies and the crown was more or less federal? True or False
What is True!
500
A group of delegates that met in Philadelphia in May 1775 that would coincidentally become the first national government.
What is the Second Continental Congress
500
The principle that the courts determine whether what government does is in accord with what the Constitution provides.