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Unit 1 Review Cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural Law | The belief that there exists in every person an inborn ability to reason right from wrong |
| Representative Government / Republicanism | Decisions over government should be decided by officials elected by the people |
| Limited Government / Rule of Law | Government and its officials should be restrained in the powers they have through a constitution |
| Individual Rights | Every person should have legal rights that the government cannot infringe on |
| Social Contract Theory | The people lay down some freedoms to create a government that can provide them with order and peace |
| Natural Rights | Everyone is born with rights of life, liberty, and property |
| Separation of Powers | The power of government should be separated into legislative, executive, and judicial branches so no group has all the power |
| Popular Sovereignty | The power of a government comes from the people |
| Declaration of Independence | The Americans had a right to create their own nation separate from Great Britain because the British had violated the rights of the colonists instead of protecting them. |
| Shays' Rebellion | A rebellion by farmers against the Massachusetts government due to farmers' property being foreclosed. Exposed taxation and military weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. |
| Articles of Confederation | The first Constitution of the United States where States would retain almost all powers of government and the central government was weak. |
| Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation | States had too much power, U.S. gov had no power to tax or raise troops, states did not have population-based representation, too hard to pass laws or amend |
| Constitutional Convention | The meeting of States that would eventually create the current U.S. Constitution |
| Connecticut Compromise / Great Compromise | Congress would be BICAMERAL - Senate would represent states equally and the House of Representatives would represent states according to the size of the populations |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | For population-based representation, people in slavery would only have three-fifths of their numbers counted towards the general state population size. |
| Federalists | Those who wanted the U.S. Constitution ratified. Supported a stronger federal government, a strong executive, and opposed the bill of rights |
| AntiFederalists | Those who opposed the U.S. Constitution's ratification. Supported States having most of the powers of government, feared centralized authority, believed in the need for a bill of rights |
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