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Constitution
Branches of government
Philosophers
Terms
People
100
A written plan of government, with specificity on the spelling of the word
What is constitution
100
Number of branches in government
What is three
100
Author who declared America's independence from the United Kingdom
What is Thomas Jefferson
100
Popular sovereignty is government by consent of this group
What is people
100
Main author of the Declaration of Independence
What is Thomas Jefferson
200
The plan of government for the United States, with specificity on the spelling of the word
What is Constitution
200
Branch of government that makes and changes the laws
What is legislative
200
William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England formed the foundation of what system in the United States
What is legal
200
Right and liberties the government cannot take away
What is civil
200
First President of the United States
What is George Washington
300
The Constitution replaced this document as the plan of government for the United States
What is Articles of Confederation
300
Branch of government that interprets the laws
What is judicial
300
Philosopher who most influenced American government, a famous work of his was Two Treatises of Government
What is John Locke
300
Creates a system in which all branches of government are equal
What is checks and balances
300
President of the Constitutional Convention
What is George Washington
400
This convention met from May until September 1787
What is Constitutional
400
Branch of government that carries out and enforces the laws
What is executive
400
Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote that government is this type of contract, one in which is sanctioned by the people
What is social
400
Freedoms that are unlimited
What is absolute
400
Most influenced American political theory
What is John Locke
500
The date of Constitution Day
What is September 17
500
Phrase which describes how each branch of government has its own distinct powers
What is separation of powers
500
Montesquieu was famous for his articulation of this theory of distinct legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
What is separation of powers
500
DAILY DOUBLE Two types of democracy
What is direct and indirect
500
Father of the Constitution
What is James Madison