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Am.Rev./ TAKS Vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson | Third president and the writer of the declaration of independence ,colonial leader, |
| George Washington | Leader of the continental Army during the Revolution; President of the Constitutional Convention and the first President of U.S |
| "No taxation without without Representation" | cononial protest against British policies and taxes ; Batlls at Lexington/Concord |
| DDeclaration of independence | Grievences listed against King George 3 of England declaring the American colonies independent. Listed in Declaration of Independence |
| Mayflower Compact | document outlining principles of self-government for colonists |
| Fundamentalist orders of connecticut | one of the first written constitution in the colonies |
| Magna Carta 1215 | Signed in england'this document provided limits to the power of the king |
| English Bill of rights | Passed in 1689 in england , this document guaranteed ENGLSH citizens certain rights and set a procedure for repredentatives to Parliament |
| Articles of confederation 1781 | A written plan of government for the colonies created a weak league (confederation) of 13 nearly independent states |
| Constitution 1787 | We the people of the United States established the Constition by ratifying (approving) the document written in 1787. |
| Bill of Rights 1791 | The bill of Rights consists of the first ten (10) amendments (changes) to the constitution. |
| Federalists Papers (brief definition) | A series of essays written to support ratification (approval) of the constitution. |
| Limited Government | The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by the rule of law. |
| Federalism | The idea that power is divided by rhe Contitutuion between the federal (central or national) government and the state governments. |
| Checks and Balances | THe idea that abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other branches. |
| Republicanism | The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives, giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws |
| Popular sovereignty | The idea that the power of government rests with the people who express their ideas through voting ; |
| Seperation of Powers | The idea that the power of government is seperarte into three branches of government |
| Indivisual Rights | The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights and other amendments to the constitution. |
| Nullification Crisis | In1832, South Carolina threatened to secede (withdraw) from the United States (Union)) if the federal government tried to collect tariff duties (taxes on imports) in their state. |
| 1861-1865 | American civil war fought over the issues of slavery, states ' rights, and economic and sectional differences between the North ad the South |
| Abraham LIncoln | president while the civil war |
| 13th amendent | declares slavery illegal in the united states |
| 14th amendment | Gives citizenship rights to all people born or naturalized in the U.s. and states that citizens cannot be "deprived of life, libert, or property without due process of the law " It also says that citizens will have equal protection under the law |
| 15th amendment | Prohibits the use of race or previous condition of slaveryas a barrier to voting. this applied to male citizens over the age of 21. |
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