American Government chapter 2

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  1. 3. many basic rights, such as due process and trial by jury, to all English
  2. 5. Bill of Rights-A document signed in 1689 that required free elections and
  3. 8. Jersey Plan-a plan calling for a central government with a unicameral legislature
  4. 9. to raise armed forces, regulate trade, and deal jointly with Native Americans
  5. 12. approval of a proposal
  6. 15. Compromise-an agreement to divide Congress into two houses, one
  7. 21. branches, with each state’s representation in a bicameral legislature based mainly
  8. 22. of Right-a document signed in 1628 that required the English king to obey the
  9. 24. process-protection against the unjust taking of life, liberty, or property
  10. 25. representative
  11. 26. of Confederation-the agreement, effective in 1781, that established the first
  12. 29. only one house, as in a one house legislature
  13. 30. name given to colonies organized and governed according to the will of
  14. 31. Plan-a plan offered at the Convention that called for a central government with
  15. 33. sovereignty-the principle that government exists only with the consent of the
  16. 34. and guaranteed certain fundamental rights
  17. 35. of the land and increased the influence of Parliament
  18. 36. Compromise-an agreement to count each slave as three fifths of a
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  1. 1. written grant of authority from the king
  2. 2. individuals who attended the Philadelphia Convention
  3. 4. government-the idea that government is restricted in what it may do and that
  4. 6. government of the United States
  5. 7. population
  6. 9. and Slave Trade Compromise-an agreement forbidding Congress from
  7. 10. equal representation of all the states.
  8. 11. person opposing ratification of the proposed U.S.
  9. 13. person favoring ratification of the proposed U.S. Constitution
  10. 14. Carta-the Great Charter signed in 1215 that limited the powers of the English
  11. 16. a joining of several different groups for a common purpose
  12. 17. two houses, as in a two-house legislature
  13. 18. representation based on state population and one with equal representation for all
  14. 19. by the will of the people
  15. 20. Plan of Union-Benjamin Franklin’s proposal that the 13 colonies form a
  16. 23. state exports or interfering with the slave trade for at least 20 years
  17. 27. individual has certain rights that government cannot remove
  18. 28. government-the idea that government should both serve and be
  19. 30. when determining state population
  20. 32. proprietor, a person granted land and authority by the king