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- 2. Agreement made between large and small U.S. states that partly defined the representation each state would have in the legislature under the United States Constitution.
- 5. Believed that the only true and correct form of government was the absolute monarchy. He argued this most forcefully in his landmark work, Leviathan.
- 7. A monarchy that is not limited or restrained by laws or a constitution.
- 9. Popular sovereignty is the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people.
- 10. Members of the major political party in the early years of the U.S. that wanted a strong central government.
- 11. System of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government,typically a national and local one.
- 13. Influential Enlightenment thinker commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".
- 16. Combination of a liberal political ideology that operates under an indirect democratic form of government.
- 18. Principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are accountable to laws.
- 21. System of political organization in which most or all of the governing power resides in a centralized government.
- 24. Law under which the three branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial) are kept separate.
- 27. A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
- 28. Agreement shared by everyone in a society in which they give up some freedom for security.
- 29. Political doctrine in defense of monarchical absolutism, which asserted that kings derived their authority from God.
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- 1. Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States.
- 3. Type of government whose legalized force and power is restricted through delegated and enumerated authorities.
- 4. Founding father of the United States, who helped draft the Constitution, and served as the first secretary of the treasury.
- 6. Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States.
- 7. First document that established the functions of the national government of the United States, Later Superseded by The Constitution.
- 8. The introductory and expressionary statement in the constitution that explains the document's purpose and underlying philosophy.
- 12. Enlightenment philosopher who has become best known for promoting the idea of the separation of powers in government.
- 14. System in U.S. government that ensures no one branch becomes too powerful.
- 15. Theory of democracy that holds that the best kind of government is one that promotes the "common good" and the welfare of an entire society.
- 17. Compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
- 19. Founding Father who served as the 4th president of the United States.
- 20. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
- 22. Political movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government.
- 23. Political ideology centered on citizenship in a state organized as a republic.
- 25. Powers that are neither prohibited nor explicitly given by law.
- 26. A statement in the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers.