Honors Government
What problems with the new government after the Revolutionary war?
Articles of confederation wasn't efficient enough, and it was weak.
Charter Colonies
CT and RH, self governing based on charters made in 1662-63
Who handled governmental matters in most charter colonies?
Colonists.
The federalist papers were written to do what?
Gain support for consitiution
The government set up by the articles of confederation consisted of what?
Legislative branch and unit camero
Petition of right
Limited the kings power
Proprietary Colonies
Maryland, Penn, Delaware. King made grant of the land to Lord Baltimore and William Penn
This colony was formed as a place for personal and religious freedom
Massacusshats
What ideas were included in the Declaration of Independence?
Overthrow Government, Limited Government, Get natural rights.
What things were found in common between the Articles of Confederation and the State Constitutions?
Popular Sovereignty
An achievement of the second continental congress
Raised first federal army
Which plan was most used in the framers work on the constitution?
Virginia plan
Connecticut Compromise
agreement that congress should be composed of a senate, in which the states would be represented equally and a house in which representation would be based upon a states population
What did the declaration of independence consist mostly of?
all complaints against the British
Commerce and slave trade compromise
an agreement during the constitutional convention of 1787 protecting interests of slaveholders by forbidding congress the power to tax the export of goods from any state, and for 20 years, the power to act on the slave trade
This directly influenced the framers in the development of the constitution
articles of confederation
Separation of powers
basic principle of the american system of government that the executive, legislative, and judicial powers are divided among three independent and coequal branches of government
Virginia Plan
called for bicameral legislature in which representation in both houses would be based on population or financial support for the central government
Petition of right
challenged the idea of the divine right of kings, declaring in 1628 in England that even a monarch must obey the law of the land
Articles of Confederation
document by which the first U.S government was established after the American Revolution allowed few important powers to the central government
English bill of rights
drawn up by Parliament in 1689 to prevent abuse of power by english monarchs forms the basis for much in american government and politics today
Ben Franklin's opinion of the New Constitution
he said it was pretty much perfect
George Washington's Inaugeration
he was elected by the Electoral college
Describe the process of electing the first president of the united states of america
states elected electoral college member who then voted for the president
Representative Government
system of government in which public policies are made by officials who are selected by the voters and held accountable to them in periodic elections
Magna Carta
the great charter establishing the principle that the power of the monarchy was not absolute in England, forced upon the king by his barons in 1215 and protecting such fundamental rights as trial by jury
What was common between the first and second continental congress?
the people involved
Anti-federalists
those who opposed the adoption of the constitution
Federalists
those who supported the adoption of the constitution
Right to overthrow government comes from what document first?
Declaration of Independence
List three things that influenced the framers of the constitution
The British Tradition, Locke, Constitution for each individual states. Mostly Virginia's
Boycott
refusal to buy or sell an opponent's goods in order to influence his/her behavior
True or false: by the mid 1700s British rule in the colonies allowed a certain degree of self rule
true