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CIVICS EOC REVIEW
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Checks and Balances | a principle of the federal government, according to the US Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches |
| Consent of the Governed | an agreement made by the people to establish a government and abide by its laws |
| Enlightenment | a period in European history when many educated people stressed the importance of learning and reasoning,education was considered the key to understanding and solving society's problems |
| Individual Liberty | a person's ability to be free and independent |
| Influence | having an effect or impact on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of another or others |
| Natural Law | laws passed by government to protect natural rights |
| Natural Rights | the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken away by governments; life, liberty, and property |
| Separation of Powers | the structure of the federal government, according to the US Constitution, that sets up 3 branches with their own distinct powers and responsibilities |
| Social Contract | an implied agreement among the people of an organized society that defines rights, duties, and limitations of the governed and the government |
| Compact | an official agreement made by two or more parties |
| Common Sense | a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonists to support becoming independent from England |
| English Bill of Rights | a government document that expanded the powers of the English Parliament and expanded the rights of the people, as well as further limited the rights of the king; written by the members of the English Parliament in 1689 |
| Due Process | the idea that people have the right to fair and reasonable laws , and that government leaders and officials have to follow rules when enforcing laws and treat people in the same way |
| Limited Government | a government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or a written agreement |
| Limited Monarchy | a system of government in which the king or queen shares authority with an elected legislature and agrees to be bound by a constitution or a set of laws, also known as a constitutional monarchy |
| Magna Carta | a government document that limited the power of the king of England, and protected the rights of the nobility, written by the English Nobles in 1215 |
| Mayflower Compact | an agreement between individuals that created a government that would provide order and protect the rights of the colonists;written by a group of English nobles in 1215 |
| Preamble | the introduction to the US constitution |
| Rights | a set of things that people believe that they should be free this without restrictions |
| Rule of Law | a concept that those who govern are buy the laws, no one is above the law |
| Self-Government | popular or representative system where the people create |
| Thomas Paine | the colonial journalists who wrote Common Sense, Thomas Paine. |
| Duty | a tax |
| Export | goods sent to another country |
| Goods | merchandise or objects for sale or trade |
| Import | Goods brought into the country |
| Individual Rights | rights guaranteed or belonging to a person |
| Legislature | governing body responsible for making laws |
| Levy | to collect by legal authority |
| Opression | the use of authority or power in a cruel or unjust manner |
| Parliament | the name of the English legislature |
| Representation | a person or group acting on behalf of another person or group |
| Tax | money levied by a government for specific facilities or services |
| taxation without representation | the idea that it is unfair to tax someone without giving them a voice in agreement |
| abolish | to end |
| assent | to agree |
| consent of the governed | an agreement made by the people to establish a government and abide by its laws |
| deprive | to take something away |
| derive | to take |
| despotism | a system of government where the ruler has unlimited power |
| dissolve | to bring to an end |
| endow | to be given naturally |
| grievance | a complaint |
| impel | to urge |
| impose | to establish by using authority or power |
| institute | to establish |
| natural rights | the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken away by governments |
| Quarter | to house |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being correct |
| self-evident | obvious, having no need of proof |
| tyranny | a government in which a single ruler possesses and abuses absolute power |
| tyrant | a single ruler that posses and abuses absolute government power |
| unalienable rights (inalienable) rights | basic rights of the people that may not be taken away |
| usurpation | the act of exercising power by force |
| Articles of Confederation | the first constitution of the United States, adopted in 1781 and replaced in 1789 |
| confederation | a system of government where power is located with the independent states and there is little power in the central government |
| Constitutional Convention | a meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 where delegates decided to throw out the Articles of Confederation and draft the Constitution |
| debt | something owed; such as money |
| Shay's Rebellion | an event when 2000 Massachusetts farmers rebelled against land foreclosures and debt from the Revolutionary War |
| defense | method of protecting oneself |
| domestic | referring to something at home, not foreign |
| insure | ensure, to make sure |
| justice | a system of establishing what is legal and illegal by fair rules |
| ordain | to establish something by law |
| posterity | future generations |
| Preamble | the introduction to the U.S. Constitution |
| tranquility | peace |
| Union | something formed by combining parts, such as states into one country |
| welfare | well-being |
| checks & balances | a principle of the federal government, according to the US Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of other branches |
| constitutional government | a form of government based on a written set of laws that all citizens agree to; in this form of government, the constitution is the highest law of the land |
| judicial review | the power of the US courts to examine the laws or actions of the legislative and executive branches of the government and to determine whether such actions are consistent with the US Constitution |
| limited government | a government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement |
| Marbury v. Madison | US Supreme court case that established judicial revew |
| separation of powers | the structure of the federal government, according to the US Constitution, that sets up three branches with their own distinct powers and responsibilities |
| Anti-Federalist Papers | a series of essays written to counter and defeat the proposed US Constitution |
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