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US Government 1-2
the vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| idea that government should serve the will of the people | representative government |
| agreement that, in Congress, States be represented equally in the Senate and by population in the House | Connecticut Compromise |
| those for who the Constitution represented a too-powerful central government | Anti-Federalists |
| first English charter of liberties which included such fundamental rights as trial by jury and due process of law | Magna Carta |
| organized action to change opponents` behavior by refusing to buy or sell their goods | boycott |
| statement that Parliament forced the king to sign, declaring that even a monarch must obey the law of the land | Petition of Right |
| organized by people to whom the king had made a grant of land available and could be settled and governed in whatever manner they saw fit | proprietary colonies |
| Connecticut Compromise, New Jersey Plan, Virginia Plan | Anti-Federalist objections to the Constitution |
| From its one chamber, the ______ legislature of the Second Continental Congress exercised both legislative and executive powers. | bicameral |
| the colonists organized a boycott of all trade with England, hoping to force the ______ of restrictive laws. | repeal |
| Some of the 13 colonies were established by ______, under a grant of authority from the English crown. | charter |
| No one opposed ______ of the Constitution more vehemently that Patrick Henry. | ratification |
| A ______ is the body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, ad processes of government. | constitution |
| A ______, often described as a centralized government, is one in which all powers held by the government belong to a single, central agency. | unitary government |
| Under a ______, the government must resign if it receives a "vote of no confidence." | parliamentary government |
| ______ is the power to make law and frame public policies. | legislative power |
| The power to interpret laws, determine their meaning, and settle disputes within a society is known as ______ is the power to make law and frame public policies.. | judicial power |
| Independent states that agree to form a(n) ______ is the power to make law and frame public policies. may still retain their separate identities. | confederation |
| The structure of a(n) ______ requires that power be divided between a state's central and local levels of government. | Federal Government |
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