Vocabulary Buffet - Unit II

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  1. 4. The theory that citizens agree to give up some freedom to a government in exchange for the protection of their natural rights.
  2. 7. The first constitution of the United States (1781–1789), which created a weak central government and left most power to the individual states.
  3. 8. A French philosopher who argued that political liberty requires the separation of powers to prevent tyranny.
  4. 9. A political philosophy where the government's power is restricted by law, usually via a constitution, to protect individual liberties.
  5. 11. The historic document drafted by Thomas Jefferson that formally announced the separation of the colonies from Great Britain.
  6. 12. Locke’s core principle that all individuals possess inherent rights to life, liberty, and property.
  7. 14. Part of the Bill of Rights which states that any powers not explicitly given to the federal government by the Constitution are reserved to the states or the people, reinforcing the concept of federalism.
  8. 15. 18th-century movement emphasizing reason, science, individualism, and religion.
  9. 16. On ____ ___ ____, the Second Continental Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.
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  1. 1. The supreme law of the United States framed in 1787, creating a stronger federal government split into three branches with built-in checks and balances.
  2. 2. The governing body of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that managed the colonial war effort and eventually voted for independence.
  3. 3. An English philosopher whose political theories deeply influenced Thomas Jefferson writing in the Declaration of Independence.
  4. 4. An armed uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers led by Daniel Shays in 1786.
  5. 5. A system adopted by Congress under the Articles to survey, divide, and sell western lands.
  6. 6. A structured law that established a method for admitting new states to the Union from the Northwest Territory.
  7. 10. The principle that the authority of a government is created and sustained by the consent of its people.
  8. 13. A form of government in which supreme power rests with the citizens and is exercised by their elected representatives.