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Constitution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Third Amendment | Lodging troops in private homes, Quartering in times of peace |
| Government by a few rich people | Aristocracy |
| Social Contract signed by Pilgrims | Mayflower Compact |
| 3 branches of government | Legislative, Executive, Judicial |
| Essays written in support of the Constitution | Federalist Papers |
| 1st elected representative body in colonies | Virginia House of Burgesses |
| Head of Executive Brunch | President |
| New Government plan that replaced the Articles of Confederation | The Constitution |
| Fifth Amendment | Due Process, Self-Incrimination |
| Number of Representatives | Based in state's population |
| Power is divided between State and Federal Government | Federalism |
| Number of Senators | 2 per state |
| Executive Branch | Enforce laws |
| Two Houses of Legislative Branch | Senate and House of Representatives |
| Judicial Branch | Interprets and decides if laws are constitutional |
| Elected Representation | Republicanism |
| Roman Republic, English Parliament, United States Congress- examples of | Self or Representative Government |
| 1st written set of laws in colonies | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
| All 3 have different jobs | Separation of Power |
| Legislative Branch | Makes laws |
| Authors of the Federalist Papers | Jay, Hamilton, and Madison |
| Anti-federalists requirement for ratification of Constitution | Bill of Rights |
| A group of people who have the power to make laws | Legislature |
| Constitution written | 1787 |
| Big meeting to revise the Articles | Constitutional Convention |
| Fourth Amendment | Search and Seizure |
| Old English document that gave us the idea that people had rights | Magna Carta |
| 1st try at a constitution, too weak did, not work | Articles of Confederation |
| Purpose of Bill of Rights | Protect individual freedoms |
| Making sure that one branch does not get too powerful | Checks and Balances |
| Our government or a representative government is called | Representative Demcracy |
| Second Amendment | Right to Bear Arms |
| Big State Plan at convention | Virginia Plan |
| Argument between Big and Small State Plan | Representation in Congress |
| System for creating new states from western territories | Northwest Ordinance |
| Argument between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists | How much power the government should have. |
| One-word name for name for Legislative Branch | Congress |
| Government can only do what the people say | Limited Government |
| 1st 10 Amendments | Bill of Rights |
| Government by a royal family | Monarchy |
| Absolute rule by one person | Dictatorship |
| Small State Plan at convention | New Jersey Plan |
| Anti-federalists | Believed in states rights over central government |
| Agreement between New Jersey Plan and Virginia Plan | Great Compromise |
| No Executive, No Power to Tax, No National Courts, and No Trade Regulation | Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation |
| First Amendment | Religion, Press, Speech, Assembly, and Petition |
| Changes in the Constitution | Amendments |
| Concept that people have authority over government | Concept that people have authority over government |
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