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- 5. power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states,counties, parishes, or tow
- 9. division of the powers in our government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; no one branch has too much power
- 12. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)
- 14. the first president of the united states
- 15. government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
- 16. 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 Rights
- 19. group of people who feared the new government created by Constitution; gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
- 20. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
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- 1. 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
- 2. “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
- 3. 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
- 4. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
- 6. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
- 7. 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
- 8. 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
- 10. the 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
- 11. government is defined by law and serves the people; the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone, whether ruler or the ruled
- 13. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
- 17. explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as originating from the people of the United States
- 18. the first ten amendments to the constitution