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Magruder ch2 vocab 2
chapter 2 vocab 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| limited government | Basic principle of American Government which states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away. |
| representative government | System of government in which public policies are made by officals selected by the voters and held accountable in periodic elections. |
| Magna Carta | Established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility. |
| Petition of Rights | Challenged the idea of the divine right of kings and declared that even the monarch was subject to the laws of the land. |
| charter | A city basic law, its constitution; a written grant of authority from the king. |
| bicameral | An adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers. |
| propietary | Organized by a proprietor (a person whom the king had made a grant of land) |
| unicameral | An adjective describing a legislative body with one chamber. |
| confederation | A joining of several groups for a commom purpose. |
| 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. |
| delegate | a representative of a territory in the US House of Representatives |
| boycott | Refusal to buy or sell certain products or sevices. |
| repeal | Recall. |
| popular sovereighty | Basic princible of the American system of government which asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power, and government can exist only with the consent of the governed. |
| Articles of Confederation | Plan of government adopted by the Continental Congress after the American Revolution; established "a firm league of friendship" among the States, but allowed few important powers to the central government. |
| ratification | Formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty. |
| presiding officer | Chair. |
| Framers | Group of delegates who drafted the United States Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787. |
| Virginia Plan | A plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature |
| New Jersy Plan | a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state. |
| Connecticut Compromise | a compromise adopted at the Constitutional Convention, providing the states with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the house of Representatives |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | A agreement at the constitutional convention to count a slave as three-fifths of a person when determining the population of a State |
| Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise | An agreement during theConstitutional convention protecting slave holders; denied congress the power to tax the export of goods from any State, and, for 20 years, the power to act on the slave trade. |
| Federalists | Those persons who supported ratification of the Constitution in 1787-1788 (ex. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton) |
| Anti-Federalists | Those persons who opposed ratification of the Constitution in 1787-1788 (ex. Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams) |
| Quorum | Least number of members who must be present for a legislative body to conduct business ; majority |
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