Types of Government
citizens themselves serve as their government, voting and acting on every issue. There are no elected representatives. Examples are Ancient Athens and townships in the New England area of the United States
the primary purpose of the Declaration of Independence
What is explain why the colonies were breaking away from Britain and King George
After gaining its independence America had this many states
13
The first form of government for the new nation was called
The articles of conferderation
This document is what our system of government based on today, true or false
What is true
a loose union of independent states, America was like this during their Articles of Confederation
What is confederacy? Confederate
Anti-Federalist
The agreement between a government and its citizens stating that when a government protects its citizens, citizens give up their rights to rebel against the government
What is social contract theory?
What is the primary reason America rebelled against Great Britain and King George
Taxation without representation
What is a system of government where both state and National governments have power
What is federalism?
America's first documented plan for a government after gaining its independence
What is the articles of confederation?
gives all “key” powers to the national or central government
•States are created and given limited sovereignty
•Efficient but too much centralized power
Examples: China, Russia, Great Britain
What is unitary government?
This document came up in 1215 before Declaration. It was the first document to limit the power/the king of the government and provide some liberties/rights to the people.
What is the Magna Carta
The author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
This was the last straw that showed that the Articles of Confederation was too weak. At this event, farmers revolted over losing their land.
How did the Three/Fifths Compromise affect representation in Congress?
What is Every five slaves were counted as three free men (Who got these votes?
The agreement between a government and its citizens stating that when a government protects its citizens, citizens give up their rights to rebel against the government
What is a federal government?
Concept by philosopher John Locke in which citizens of a country give their permission to be governed by the country's government by way of voting
Consent of the governed
What was told in the rights and grievances section of the Declaration of Independence?
What is the colonists main ideas about government and the complaints the colonists had against King George III and Parliament.
These were major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, what are two of the main?!
What is a weak central government, like limiting Congress's power by requiring unanimous state consent for amendments and a 9/13 majority for major laws
and no power to levy taxes
Which compromise combined parts of the New Jersey Plan & Virginia plan to make the Constitution & Legislature what it is today?
What is the Connecticut Compromise/Great Compromise
Term when the STATE has supreme and absolute authority within its boundaries(term from Friday's lesson)
Political sovereignty
The two political thinkers/ philosophers who spent a lot of time trying to answer the question, "Why Government?"
Who is Thomas Hobbes and John Locke
THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS MET HERE. The first meeting occurred September 5, 1774 in this city, one that they'd return to over & over again
What is Philadelphia?
The articles of confederation didn't have two branches of government that we now have today. This caused the government not to work at the time
Was a major issue affected the Northern and Southern states to compromise and delegate on laws heavily and never got resolved