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Forms of Government
Whats the big idea?
Articles of What?
"C"
Plans
100
Supreme authority rests solely with the people
What is democracy
100
Process of accommodating different views and needs
What is compromise?
100
"firm league of friendship"
What is confederation
100
The success of which plan led to the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
What is interstate plan for regulating trade between Virginia and Maryland
100
small states supported this
What is the New Jersey Plan
200
population, territory, government, and sovereignty
What is state
200
government powers divided on geographic basis
division of powers
200
Ratification by all 13 states was needed for what to go into affect
What is Articles of Confederation
200
What was unofficially our first form of government?
What is 2nd Continental Congress
200
The Compromise that called for state representation based on population?
What is the Virginia Plan?
300
one person holds unlimited power
What is an autocracy
300
Name what characteristic the 50 states lack of a state?
What is sovereignty
300
What was our first formal form of government?
What is the Articles of Confederation
300
George Washington was the president of this
The Constitutional Convention
300
The Great Compromise
What is the Connecticut Plan
400
Central and local governments share power
What is a federal government
400
alliance of independent states
What is confederation
400
Under the Articles of Confederation, these are considered what? make war and peace; send and receive ambassadors; set up monetary system; etc.
What is powers of Congress
400
body of fundamental laws setting out principles, structures, and processes of government
What is a constitution
400
organized action to change opponents behavior by refusing to buy or sell their goods
What is boycott
500
two types of dictatorships
What is autocracy and oligarchy
500
theory of state believed by Locke, Hobbes, Harrington, and Rousseau
What is social contract theory
500
Name at least two of the Articles of Confederation's weaknesses?
What is no power to tax, regulate trade and no power to make states obey the Articles
500
for every 5 slaves, 3 were counted in the population
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise
500
In 1215 King John signed this (forced by his lords)
What is the Magna Carta