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Civics Vocab.
February 9
| Topic | Def. |
|---|---|
| Bacon's Rebellion | 1676-len by Nathaniel Bacon a discontent comolist in VA colony b/c of high taxes. It was the 1st rebellion by colonists. |
| Natural Rights | Human Rights or universal rights that are seen as inherend in the nature of people and not contingent on human actions or beliefs(include rights to life and liberty) |
| Boston Massacre | killing of 5 civilians by British troops on 3-5-1770, this event led to the revolutionary war |
| "Shot heard 'round the world" | started revolutionary war fired at Old North Bridge in Concort Massachusettes on 4-18-1775 |
| Boston Tea Party | In 1773 colonists dumped 342 chests of tea in Boston Harbor to protest high taxes |
| Treaty of Paris | Peace agreement with great Britain signed in 1873 after Revolutionary War |
| Shays Rebellion | a farmer who led a rebellion said the state had no right to take his farm b/c they could not pay taxes b/c the state cheated the problem. Led 1200 Massachusettes farmers to rebel at a federal arsenal |
| Bill of Rights | the first 10 ammendments to the constitution |
| Great Compromise | agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as 3/5 of other persons in determening representation in Congress |
| Electoral College | a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president |
| Federalists | supporters of the Constitution |
| Anti Federalists | those who opposed ratification of the Constitution |
| Federalism | a form of gov't in which power is divided between the federal or national government and the states |
| Seperation of Powers | the split of autority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches |
| Checks and Balances | a system in which each branch of gov't is able to check, or restrain, the power of others |
| Executive Branch | the branch of gov't that carries out laws |
| Theocracy | a form of gov't in which the divine power governs an earthly human state |
| Oligarchy | gov't by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families-were usually wealthy |
| Absolute Monarchy | a monarch that has complete and unlimited power to rule his or her people |
| Dictatorship | a gov't controlled by one person or a small group of people |
| Democracy | a gov't in which citizen's hold the power to rule |
| The Judiciary | (blank) |
| French and Indian War | (blank) |
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