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Government
Ch 4 The US Constitution Part 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| local government | organized government that provides order and leadership in local communities , such as counties and towns |
| legislatures | lawmaking bodies |
| House of Burgesses (1619) | first representative assembly in the New World |
| limited government | principle that government does not have absolute power, only what the people have given it |
| boycott | an act of protest in which business is withheld or refused |
| First Continental Congress (1776) | assembly in Philadelphia at which colonial representatives issued a list of grievances and defined the colonists' political rights |
| Second Continental Congress | colonial assembly that convened in 1775; tasked with handling the military emergency around Boston and discussing a formal declaration of independence |
| Loyalists | colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the War for Independence for political, religious, and economic reasons; called Tories |
| Declaration of Independence | The formal declaration of independence that justified the American colonies' break with England and established the principles of government for the new nation |
| Thomas Jefferson | Founding Father, the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third President of the United States |
| Age of Enlightenment | Philosophical and intellectual movement in 18th century England that emphasized reason and thought; its principles are reflected in the Declaration of Independence |
| social contract theory | principle that people agree to submit to a government in exchange for the protection of their rights |
| deism | religious philosophy that taught reason, rather than Scripture, was the way people came to know God |
| John Hancock | American founding father, president of Second Continental Congress, first signer of the Declaration of Independence |
| Articles of Confederation | ratified by the Second Continental Congress in 1781; created a weak central government based on the consent of the newly formed state governments |
| ratification | formal approval of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty |
| unicameral | legislature made up of only one house |
| Mount Vernon | Home of George Washington |
| Annapolis Convention | convention of five states in 1786 at which Alexander Hamilton proposed to reconvene the following year in Philadelphia , where the representatives drew up the Constitution |
| Shays's Rebellion | Uprising of debtor farmers led by Daniel Shays over farm foreclosures and prison sentences for indebtedness |
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