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| constitution | framework for the gov.- a written plan for the gov.
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| confederancy | first type of gov. in USA at the end of america rev.
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| magna carta | document that reduced the power of king john
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| England | the country that king john ruled
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| bill of rights | the first ten amendments to the constitution
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| English bill of rights | Who the bill of rights really belonged to
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| Magna carta X | English document that reduced the power of the king and increased the rights of the people
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| amendments | changes in the laws to the constitution
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| John Locke | famous for his social contract theory
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| 27 | number of amendments to the constitution
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| mayflower | the ship that brought first permanent English settlers to america- 1607
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| mayflower compact | - 1607- first attempt at self-gov. in america
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| Jamestown, VA | first permanent English settlement in NA
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| house of burgess | elected members to represent people in the colony of Virginia
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| property | requirement for voting in the early colonial period
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| republic | type of gov. where people elect there representatives in gov.
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| preamble | introduction to the constitution
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| republican | gov. in Usa today
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| eagle | symbol for a republic
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| age of enlightenment | movement in europe new ideas about gov. and science
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| john locke | leader of age of enlightenment
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| ben franklin and thomas jefferson | two leaders of age of enlightenment
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| articles of confederation | first constitution of the united states
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| confederancy | gov. in which states create certain gov. with limated powers
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| confederancy | type of gov. that rules itself
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| fedral | level of gov. not found in the articles of confederation
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| territory | land owned by national gov. but not yet a state
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| N.W. territory | area opened for settlement after america rev.
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| 60,000 | population that was needed to become a state
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| surveying | measurment of land by establishing boundries
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| transit | the surveying intrement
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| township | land area of 36 sections
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| 16th section | used for school
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| corpal punishment | punishment of the body
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| boston, mass | city to establish the first public schools
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| horce mann | father of the america education
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| academy | name for an early public school
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| tenis court | location of the old hanson gym
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| john hanson | first president under the articles of cofederation
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| manomission and emancipate | the act of master freeing his slave
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| 3 branches of gov. | legislative branch, executive branch, judicial branch
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| justices | title for the judges on the supreme court
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| 9 | number of justices
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| executive branch | did not exist under aricles of confederation, carrys out the laws
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| legislative branch | makes the laws
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| judicial branch | makes certain laws that are constitutional
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| congress | leg. body made up of house of representatives and senate
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| capital hill | nickname for the US capital building
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| bill | a proposed law
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| law | approval of bill by both houses of congress
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| veto | a rejected law
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