Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Chapter 2: Origins
Origins of American Government
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Articles of Confederation | the first constitution of the United States |
| Bicameral Legislature | two chamber law making body |
| Magna Carta | an English document, signed by King John in 1215, that limited the power of the monarch |
| Petition of Right | an English document signed by King Charles in 1628 that required monarchs to obtain Parliament's approval before levying new taxes |
| English Bill of Rights | An English document passed by Parliament in 1689 that limited monarchs' power to enact laws, raise taxes, or keep an army without Parliament's consent |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | a 1639 set of laws that limited the power of the government and gave all free men the right to choose the people to serve as judges |
| Proprietary Colony | a colony based on a grant of land by the English monarch to a proprietor |
| Royal Colonies | colonies directly controlled by the English king through appointed governors who served as the colonies' chief executive |
| Charter colonies | colonies operated under charters agreed to by the colony and the king |
| New England Confederation | confederation formed between the Plymouth, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, and New Haven colonies to defend against Native Americans and nearby Dutch colonies |
| Iroquois Confederation | a powerful alliance of six Native American nations—the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora |
| Albany Plan of Union | plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies and the Crown |
| Stamp Act | Parliament's first attempt to tax the colonists directly, which required a government tax stamp on paper good and all legal documents |
| First Continental Congress | first general meeting of the colonies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, call by the Virginia and Massachusetts assemblies at which delegates sent King George II the Declaration of Resolves. |
| Second Continental Congress | They organized the continental Army, called on the colonies to send troops, selected George Washington to lead the army, and appointed the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence |
| Virginia Declaration of Rights | declaration issued by the Virginia House of Burgesses that proclaimed "all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights" and that likely inspired parts of the Declaration of Independence |
| Ratify | formally approve |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | Legislation passed by Congress under the Articles of Confederation that provided for public schools, the sale of government land, and prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territories. plan to settle the land |
| Shays' Rebellion | a rebellion of Massachusetts farmers who were angry at the prospect of losing their land. |
| Framers | the group of delegates who attended the Philadelphia Convention |
| Virginia Plan | a proposed plan for government that called for a strong central government divided into three branches each with the power to check the others; included a bicameral legislature in which membership would be based on state's population |
| New Jersey Plan | another proposed plan for government that called for a strong central government divided into three branches; included a unicameral legislature in which each state would get one vote |
| Great Compromise | plan of government that combined elements of the Virginia and New Jersey Plans; included a bicameral legislature in which membership in one house would be based on state population and membership and the other would be limited to two members per state |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | the resolution to a dispute over how enslaved people should be counted with a population; provided that three-fifths of the enslaved people in a state would be counted when determining a state's population |
| Federalists | supporters of the Constitution |
| Publius | the pen name that Framers Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay used when writing the Federalist Papers; Latin for "public man" |
| Federalist Papers | Essays written by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton in 1788 urging the ratification of the U.S. Constitution following the drafting of the Constitution at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 |
| Bill of Rights | a series of 10 amendments to the Constitution ratified by the states that protect such rights as freedom of speech, press, and religion, as well as due process protections |
Created by:
ersmith1