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- 3. the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as
- 7. of Law-government is defined by law and serves the people; the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone, whether ruler or the ruled
- 9. Washington-chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
- 10. Republic-a representative democracy in which a small group of leaders, elected by the citizens, represents the concerns of the people; the interests of the majority take precedence over the
- 12. from the people of the United States
- 16. Compromise-compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress with an equal number of representatives for each state and the other house’s membership determined by a state’s population
- 17. and Balances-each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
- 19. of a few.
- 20. of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited
- 21. citizens have political authority and are bound by social contract to obey laws with their rights guaranteed by a constitution; citizens willingly subordinate their private, selfish interests to the common good
- 23. and checks and balances
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- 1. Sovereignty-the people are the only source of power for any and all government actions; government can only govern with the consent of the governed
- 2. Democracy-type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
- 4. distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
- 5. Hobbes-English political philosopher whose Social Contract Theory believed that in order to live together, individuals in a society give up their natural rights to a higher authority for the sake of protection
- 6. Powers-powers saved for the states in our system of federalism, guaranteed in the 9th Amendment to the Constitution
- 8. Clause-Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the other powers listed in Article I
- 11. Jefferson-3rd president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence; he did not take part in writing the Constitution because he was in France at the time. He was a strong advocate for the addition of a Bill of Righ
- 13. Madison “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
- 14. Right of Kings-belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
- 15. of Powers-division of the powers in our government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; no one branch has too much power
- 16. Government-the government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people Constitution were written
- 18. Contract Theory-in order for man to live in groups, he must give up some of his freedom to the government in exchange for protection of his natural rights
- 22. Locke-believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence