Vocabulary
Life, Liberty, and Property
Natural Rights
This philosopher believe women deserve the same opportunities as men
Mary Wollstonecraft
Inspired by John Locke, Thomas Jefferson wrote this document describing life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
The Declaration of Independence
How many states needed to approve the AoC for it to be ratified?
13
How many senators are in the US Senate?
100
An agreement between the government and its people
Social Contract
This philosopher believed the government should be split into three branches
Baron de Montesquieu
Being the first written law of the United States, this document had a lot of flaws and needed an upgrade
Articles of Confederation
In a bi-cameral legislature, congress is separated into 2 houses. They are known as
The senate and the House of Representatives
System of government where the national government shares power with state governments
Federalism
no rules, no one in charge, no way for people to protect their rights
State of Nature
This philosopher believes in improving ones own condition economically for the bettering of society
Adam Smith
What papers were written by the Federalists to support thr ratification of the US Constitution?
The Federalist Papers
The solution of the Presidential Selection Compromise led to this
The Electoral College
This article describes the supreme law of the land
Article 6
A change or addition to the Constitution is an _________________
amendment
This philosopher once said "For in the eye of the law, every man is innocent whose crime has not been proved"
Cesare Beccaria
The supreme law of the land
The Constitution
This compromise led to taxes only on imports, not exports
The Commerce Clause Compromise
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was part of this branch of government
Executive
to approve or pass an amendment
Ratify
This philosopher believes in freedom of thought and an emphasis on reason
Voltaire
This document was written by Thomas Paine and emphasized the reasons for independence from England
Common Sense
20 years after this compromise, Thomas Jefferson prohibited the importation of enslaved people to the US
The Slave Trade Compromise
The Bill of Rights is how many amendments?
10