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Early- U.S. Govt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mayflower Compact | First steps toward self representation, Democracy |
| Mercantilism | Countries invading others for their natural resources, trade |
| Salutary Neglect | The British Policy of not bothering the colonists as long as they were trading |
| French Indian War | The first war in America that the British and the French fought over Ohio river land |
| Proclamation Line | Western boundary that the colonists can not cross, Appalachian Mountains |
| Southern Colonies | Hot, Fertile soil, |
| Middle Colonies | Mild, Bread basket |
| New England Colonies | Cold weather, Fishing, lumber |
| tea tax, sugar tax, Boston massacre | Reason for the American Revolutoin |
| Declaration of Independence | A letter to the King of England with a list of grievances from the colonists |
| John Locke | Natural Rights, Life, liberty, and pursuit of property |
| Thomas Paine | Wrote Common common sense, declaration of Independence |
| Consent of the governed | No taxation without my representation |
| George Washington | Stay Neutral and isolated, and his farewell address |
| Whiskey Rebellion | Taxes on whiskey to pay the American Revolutionary war |
| Articles of Confederation | First Constitution of the U.S.- problem all the states had all the power |
| Constitutional Convention | A meeting to fix the Constitution of the U.S. |
| Federalists | People who wanted a new Constitution and favored a strong central government |
| Anti-Federalists | People who feared a strong central government and didn't want to change the articles of confederation |
| Executive Branch | Enforces the laws, President and vice President |
| Legislative Branch | Two Houses House of Representatives and Senate which makes Congress and they make the laws |
| Judicial Branch | Supreme court - interpret the laws |
| The Great Compromise | Compromise how congress would be set up. Two houses- Bicameral legislature, House of Representative and Senate which makes Congress |
| Bicameral Legislature | Two Houses, House of Representative and Senate that makes Congress |
| Presidential Cabinet | Example of an unwritten Constitution |
| Amend & Ratify | Two ways to change the Constitution |
| Supreme law of the land | Another name for the U.S. Constitution |
| Elastic Clause | How the Constitution changes to adopt to the needs of the people |
| Census | Count the people in the State every ten years for the Legislative branch House of Representative |
| 3/5 Compromise | How slaves would be counted in Congress for the House of Represenative |
| Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments of the Constitution to protect the people and to satisfy the antifederalists |
| Checks and balances | To make sure that one branch of government doesn't get more powerful than the others |
| Separation of powers | Separate powers from the 3 branches to make sure one doesn't become more powerful than the other |
| An executive order | What the President can do in order to pass a law without going through the branches |
| Alexander Hamilton | Created the First national Bank |
| What was wrong with the Bank? | It violated the Constitution- Loose interpreatation |
| Electoral college | The system that elects the President |
| Why did the framers of the Constitution create the Electoral College? | They didn't trust the citizens |
| Thomas Jefferson | He purchased the Louisiana territory and it was against the Constitution |
| What was the result of the Louisiana purchase? | U.S. doubled in size, access to the port of New Orleans |
| Mississippi River | What is the longest river in America? |
| Federalism | When power is divided between the state and the federal government |
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