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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| constitution | framework for the gov.- a written plan for the gov. |
| confederancy | first type of gov. in USA at the end of america rev. |
| magna carta | document that reduced the power of king john |
| England | the country that king john ruled |
| bill of rights | the first ten amendments to the constitution |
| English bill of rights | Who the bill of rights really belonged to |
| Magna carta X | English document that reduced the power of the king and increased the rights of the people |
| amendments | changes in the laws to the constitution |
| John Locke | famous for his social contract theory |
| 27 | number of amendments to the constitution |
| mayflower | the ship that brought first permanent English settlers to america- 1607 |
| mayflower compact | - 1607- first attempt at self-gov. in america |
| Jamestown, VA | first permanent English settlement in NA |
| house of burgess | elected members to represent people in the colony of Virginia |
| property | requirement for voting in the early colonial period |
| republic | type of gov. where people elect there representatives in gov. |
| preamble | introduction to the constitution |
| republican | gov. in Usa today |
| eagle | symbol for a republic |
| age of enlightenment | movement in europe new ideas about gov. and science |
| john locke | leader of age of enlightenment |
| ben franklin and thomas jefferson | two leaders of age of enlightenment |
| articles of confederation | first constitution of the united states |
| confederancy | gov. in which states create certain gov. with limated powers |
| confederancy | type of gov. that rules itself |
| fedral | level of gov. not found in the articles of confederation |
| territory | land owned by national gov. but not yet a state |
| N.W. territory | area opened for settlement after america rev. |
| 60,000 | population that was needed to become a state |
| surveying | measurment of land by establishing boundries |
| transit | the surveying intrement |
| township | land area of 36 sections |
| 16th section | used for school |
| corpal punishment | punishment of the body |
| boston, mass | city to establish the first public schools |
| horce mann | father of the america education |
| academy | name for an early public school |
| tenis court | location of the old hanson gym |
| john hanson | first president under the articles of cofederation |
| manomission and emancipate | the act of master freeing his slave |
| 3 branches of gov. | legislative branch, executive branch, judicial branch |
| justices | title for the judges on the supreme court |
| 9 | number of justices |
| executive branch | did not exist under aricles of confederation, carrys out the laws |
| legislative branch | makes the laws |
| judicial branch | makes certain laws that are constitutional |
| congress | leg. body made up of house of representatives and senate |
| capital hill | nickname for the US capital building |
| bill | a proposed law |
| law | approval of bill by both houses of congress |
| veto | a rejected law |
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