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HistoryTest #1 vocab
Vocab for The first History test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Magna Carta | 1215 A.D. It limited the Government. It was signed by King John. the Nobles had to agree for the King to be able to raise taxes. |
| Constitution | a contract that outlines all or your freedom and rights. |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Wrote a book called The social contract. Said that Real government exists only by consent of the people. |
| John Locke | Believed that people were intitled to natural Rights: Life, Liberty, and Property. People have a right to rebel against a government that doesn't protect their rights |
| Montesquieu | Believed that everyone was intitled to liberty. Thought of 3 branches of Government, Legislative, Executive , and Judical. |
| Virgina Statue for Religious Freedom | No person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money. A separation of church and state. |
| Suffrage | The right to vote |
| Articles of Confederation | The document that governed the country through the war of independents. Created one branch of congress. |
| Ratification | an official opproval |
| Land Ordiance of 1785 | Set up a system to Survey the northwest area. |
| Northwest ordinance of 1787 | No slavery in the Northwest and set up a way for the Northwest area to join the union. |
| Northwest Territory | Lands including present-day Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; organized by the northwest Ordinance of 1787. |
| Tariff | taxes on imports or exports. |
| Interstate Commerce | Each state makes their own trade laws(very frustrating.) |
| Depression | Massive Unemployment, Inflation, Negative Economic growdth. |
| Inflation | When the value of money is reduced. |
| Shays Rebellion | Farms were being taken because the farmers could not pay land taxes. They were being put in debetors prison. A farmer named shay rebelled against this. He was defeated. |
| Constitutional Convention | A convention to create a new document to replace the articles of confederation. James Madison is the father of the constitution. |
| James Madison | The father of the Constitution |
| Virginia Plan | James Madison came up with it. Representation based on population of every state. A bicamle Legislature. |
| New Jersey Plan | Every state gets one vote. One house legislature. Representation based on equality. |
| The Great Comprimise aka the Conn. Compromise | Roger sherman came up with it. It made an upper house (equality New Jersey plan) and a lower house (population Virginia plan) |
| 3/5ths Compromise | Only 3/5ths of a states slave population count for representation. |
| Commerce Compromise | Banned slavery in 1807 in exchange for allowing the government to regulate interstate commerce. |
| Popular Sovereignty | The idea that people could vote for their own government. |
| Federalism | The sharing of power between a central government and the state that makes up a country. |
| Legislative Branch | makes law |
| Executive Branch | Enforces law |
| Judicial Branch | Runs the court system. Interprets law. |
| Checks and Balances | Regulates power, keeps one branch from getting to powerful |
| Antifederalist | People who oppose the ratification of the constitution |
| Federalists | People who agreed with the constitution. |
| George Mason | helped produce the antifederalists papers. |
| Antifederalist papers | essays that did not support the constitution |
| Federalist papers | Essays that supported the constiution. |
| Amendments | A change in the constitution. |
| Bill of Rights | The first 10 Amendments that garentied individual freedoms. |
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