Documents
Document that preceded the constitution and ultimately failed.
Articles of confederation.
Ability of one branch of government to limit another.
Checks and Balances.
Why Louisiana has a different legal system.
French Colony.
The Bill of Rights was created to appease these two groups.
Federalists and Anti-federalists.
Freedom of Religion
1st
The first English document limiting the power of the King.
The Magna Carta.
Agreement to limit the count of slaves in apportioning representatives to states.
3/5 compromise.
The Legal System the US has.
Common Law.
The decision in Texas vs. Johnson.
Flag burning is free speech.
Right to bear arms.
2nd.
Book that convinced colonists to support the revolution.
Thomas Paine's Common Sense.
This philosopher influenced the Founding Fathers on Natural Rights.
John Locke.
The Legal system that uses precedent.
Common law.
Type of democracy NOT based on representatives.
Direct democracy.
Speedy Trial.
6th
The Worlds oldest constitution that is still in use.
Constitution of Massachusetts.
The creation of a senate and house based 2 per state and population.
Great Compromise.
Legal System of Saudi Arabia and many other Arabic states.
Sharia Law.
The states that wanted the Electoral College.
Small/less populated.
Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
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This document set how additional states would be added to the U.S.
The Northwest Ordinance.
First self-government in the American colonies.
Mayflower compact.
The Empire that created Civil Law.
Byzantine/Roman.
Rebellion after independence that showed the central government was too weak.
Shay's rebellion.
The amendment that protects rights not enumerated in the constitution.
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