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Government Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Magna Carta | written in 1215 signed by King John |
| Petition of Right | 1628 King Charles I |
| English Bill of Rights | 1689 William and Mary of Orange |
| Colony Types | charter, proprietary, and royal |
| charter colony | conneticut, Rhode Island governor king acted in places of the king |
| proprietary colony | Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvannia kind allowed someone else to keep it |
| royal colony | the rest of the colonies king rules directly |
| British colonial acts | Writs of assistance 1761 proclamation 1763 sugar act 1764 stamp act 1765 Townshend act 1767 tea act 1773 intolerable acts 1774 |
| First Continental Congress | List of rights and grievances British respond with more restrictions and laws |
| Second Continental Congress | Hancock, Adams, Sherman, Jay, Jefferson, Henry Lee, Wilson first government - 5 years 1776-1781 |
| Declaration of Independence | Proposed June 7 - Henry Lee written mostly by Jefferson quoted Locke and Hobbes the most government does wrong, people have the right to overthrow that |
| Common Feature of Early Constitutions | Separation of Powers, Popular sovereignty, limited gov, civil rights + liberties, checks and balances |
| Articles of Confederation | could not levy taxes, powerless in interstate relations, 2/3 required to pass laws (9/13), change must be unanimous, no executive, federal courts |
| Weakness of Articles | Bicameral vs. Unicameral - 2 house vs. 1 house ordinance 1785 - got people in the land Northwest ordinance 1787 - establish statehood route |
| Pre-Constitution Meeting | Annapolis meeting - Sept 11, 1786 trade rules discussed for interstate commerce |
| Inspirations of Constitution | Delegates gather at independence hall, Pennsylvania, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison Hobbes and Locke as inspiration |
| VA Plan | bicameral- house + senate executive- 7 year term population determined representation |
| NJ Plan | Unicameral executive committee equal representation for all states |
| Connecticut Compromise | Bicameral senate = equal ( 2 senators) house=population based |
| 3/5ths Compromise | counting one slave as 3/5 a person used for determining population for mainly southern states |
| Federalists | wanted constitution ratified |
| Anti-Federalists | constitution ratified and wanted bill of rights |
| Ratification of the Constitution | New Hampshire 9th state to ratify needed Virginia10 and New York11 |
| Early Capital and President | New York George Washington unanimous John Adams |
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