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- 2. locke, among the most famous philosophers and political theorists of the 17th century. He is often regarded as the founder of a school of thought known as British Empiricism, and he made foundational contributions to modern theories of limited, liberal government.
- 4. of rights, the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
- 7. Branch, executed and enforced laws.
- 8. Ordinance of 1787, adopted July 13, 1787, by the Confederation Congress, chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.
- 11. Plan, a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government
- 12. government in which the power is divided between the national government and other governmental units. It contrasts with a unitary government, in which a central authority holds the power, and a confederation, in which states, for example, are clearly dominant.
- 16. Battle of Saratoga, occurred in September and October, 1777, during the second year of the American Revolution. It included two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart, and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army and a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War.
- 17. Paine, English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary.
- 18. and Balances, counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
- 19. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
- 21. Branch, makes the meanings of the laws
- 22. Rebellion, rebellion in Springfield, Massachusetts to protest what he perceived as the unjust economic policies and political corruption of the Massachusetts state legislature.
- 24. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
- 25. branch, makes laws.
- 26. of 1763, prohibited American colonists from settling west of Appalachian
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- 1. a diverse coalition of people who opposed ratification of the Constitution. They believed that the greatest threat to the future of the United States lay in the government's potential to become corrupt and seize more and more power until its tyrannical rule completely dominated the people.
- 3. Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, or the Sherman Compromise, was an agreement made between large and small states which partly defined the representation each state would have under the United States Constitution, as well as in legislature.
- 5. compromise, agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
- 6. College, (in the US) a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
- 9. Ordinance of 1785, established the creation of townships of any size, set aside land for public schools. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had the ability to tax. Crated the Wilderness Road.
- 10. the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
- 13. of confederation - the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
- 14. Madison, America's fourth President (1809-1817), made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. In later years, he was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.”
- 15. of independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
- 20. Plan, proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
- 23. Jersey plan, a proposal for the structure of the U.S. federal government put forward by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The proposal was a response to the Virginia Plan, which Paterson believed would put too much power in large states to the disadvantage of smaller states