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Term | Definition |
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constitution | framework for the gov.- a written plan for the gov. |
confederancy | first type of gov. in USA at the end of america rev. |
magna carta | document that reduced the power of king john |
England | the country that king john ruled |
bill of rights | the first ten amendments to the constitution |
English bill of rights | Who the bill of rights really belonged to |
Magna carta X | English document that reduced the power of the king and increased the rights of the people |
amendments | changes in the laws to the constitution |
John Locke | famous for his social contract theory |
27 | number of amendments to the constitution |
mayflower | the ship that brought first permanent English settlers to america- 1607 |
mayflower compact | - 1607- first attempt at self-gov. in america |
Jamestown, VA | first permanent English settlement in NA |
house of burgess | elected members to represent people in the colony of Virginia |
property | requirement for voting in the early colonial period |
republic | type of gov. where people elect there representatives in gov. |
preamble | introduction to the constitution |
republican | gov. in Usa today |
eagle | symbol for a republic |
age of enlightenment | movement in europe new ideas about gov. and science |
john locke | leader of age of enlightenment |
ben franklin and thomas jefferson | two leaders of age of enlightenment |
articles of confederation | first constitution of the united states |
confederancy | gov. in which states create certain gov. with limated powers |
confederancy | type of gov. that rules itself |
fedral | level of gov. not found in the articles of confederation |
territory | land owned by national gov. but not yet a state |
N.W. territory | area opened for settlement after america rev. |
60,000 | population that was needed to become a state |
surveying | measurment of land by establishing boundries |
transit | the surveying intrement |
township | land area of 36 sections |
16th section | used for school |
corpal punishment | punishment of the body |
boston, mass | city to establish the first public schools |
horce mann | father of the america education |
academy | name for an early public school |
tenis court | location of the old hanson gym |
john hanson | first president under the articles of cofederation |
manomission and emancipate | the act of master freeing his slave |
3 branches of gov. | legislative branch, executive branch, judicial branch |
justices | title for the judges on the supreme court |
9 | number of justices |
executive branch | did not exist under aricles of confederation, carrys out the laws |
legislative branch | makes the laws |
judicial branch | makes certain laws that are constitutional |
congress | leg. body made up of house of representatives and senate |
capital hill | nickname for the US capital building |
bill | a proposed law |
law | approval of bill by both houses of congress |
veto | a rejected law |