American Government Vocab Unit 1

3. a plan that wanted a bicameral Congress and a national government that consisted of three branches of supreme power, legislative, executive, and judicial; states would gain representatives based on population; supported by larger states of the south
4. provides the principle of individual rights; gave parliament more power, protected freedom of religion and speech, and limited government power
5. book written by Thomas Paine; persuasively made the case to break from England
6. for every five slaves, the state would receive a count of three people towards their population and representatives
10. official resolution to declare independence from Britain written by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, and Thomas Jefferson
11. any right that exists by virtue of natural law
15. demonstrates the idea of limited government that the king's power was not absolute
19. result of the Boston tea party; British close the Port of Boston and enforce the quartering of troops
21. British impose taxes on tea, lead, glass, and paper, called Townshend Acts; patriots dressed as Indians dump 342 crates of tea into the Boston harbor
23. opposed the Constitution; believe a Bill of Rights was necessary to protect individual liberty
24. British soldiers accidentally open fire on colonists, killing three and wounding two; led colonists to think of rebelling
25. known as the Age of Reason

1. supported the Constitution; believed a Bill of Rights was unnecessary
2. weak government after declaring independence from Britain
7. British against the French for control of North America; British won but we're left with huge debt
8. tax on paper goods, required stamp; led colonists to boycott British goods
9. decided on an indirect election of the president by the Electoral College, a 4 year term, and no limit on the number of terms
12. a plan that wanted a unicameral Congress and a national government that consisted of three branches of supreme power, legislature, executive, and judicial; all states have an equal vote; supported by the small states
13. refers to the idea of representative government; highly values citizen participation, public good, and civic virtue
14. decided on a bicameral legislation (Congress) and an equal number of representatives from each state; compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan
16. the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution concerning basic individual rights
17. A charter agreed to by King John of England that granted nobles certain rights and restricted the Kings power
18. philosopher who believed in avoiding concentrated power, the 3 branches and checks and balances
20. one house Congress
22. two house Congress