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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| patriarchy | fatherly rule: exs. father-child relationship, master-apprentice, master-slave, king-people |
| topic card: | power |
| power; what role did power play before the revolution?what did power play in realationships in society before and after the revolution? use specific examples from the reading | power played the role of a tyrant/monarch in the form of a patriarchy before the revolution. in societal relationships power played a major role in that the king ruled unrelentingly after salutary neglect ended. in societal relationships after the revolut |
| salutary neglect | the policy of a country allowing one of it's colonies to govern and tax itself this ended when the boston tea party occurred |
| seven years war | the result of the seven years war was that britains economy was destroyed and the last thing they wanted was another long war which is the exact opposite of what america wanted/was affected by and this is the main reason we won the revolutionary war |
| what are 2 examples of british acts which angered the americans and what did they do? | tea act- imposed taxes on all british tea heading to america and made it so that america could only get tea from Britainstamp act- imposed taxes on all stamps bought and placed on all legal papers |
| topic card: | Declaration of independence |
| Declaration of independece; what is the job of gov't? how did the king of england fail that job? what do the people do when he fails that job? | the job of government is to protect the people's unalienable rights of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. the king fails this job by not protecting these rights and over taxing the people. when he fails this the people create the declaration of i |
| war what are the basic strategy and general charachteristics of each side? | british wanted quick victory and americans wanted to drag it out. britain couldnt afford it and the americans knew it |
| articles of confederation | extremely vague and gave almost no power to the gov't |
| topic card: | U.S.constitution |
| what is popular sovereignty? | people are the ultimate source of gov't's power |
| what is limited government? | the policy in which the govenrment's functions and powers are prescribed, limited, and restricted by law |
| what is separation of powers? | the policy of creating several branches of government and distributing power evenly amongst them |
| what are checks and balances? what are two examples of checks and balancecs? | checks and balances are the ability of one branch of government to prevent the other two branches from getting too powerful this ability aplies to all branches of government. exs. 1) power of veto president has the power to veto a bill that congress pass |
| federalism | the initial principles of the federalist party |
| Bill of rights | the document stating what rights the people have and under what circumstances they have them. the rights of the accused are the right to a lawer, speedy and public trial, and the right to an impartial jury of his or her peers. if there is something about |
| what is the Legislative branch? what powers does it have? | the legislative branch includes congress and the house of representatives and the senate. the legislative branch has the power to make laws, impeach the president and others |
| what is the judicial branch? what powers does it have? | the judicial branch includes the judges. this branch has the power to interpret laws and remove the president from office. |
| what is the executive branch? what powers does it have? | the executive branch includes the president, vice-president, and the cabinet. it has the power to veto bills and appoint judges to the supreme court |
| what is partisan politics? | partisan politics is the idea of the country being split up between various political parties, for political purposes only |
| what are the federalists? what are the democrats? what are a few issues of contention between them? | the federalists are the group who concentrated the power of the gov't in the federal gov't. the democrats-republicans are the group of people who wanted the power to be distributed evenly among all divisions of gov't fell under this catergory. a few issue |
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