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- 3. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God).
- 4. first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the civil rights and liberties of the people.
- 7. 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.
- 8. compromise between slave states and free states to count three-fifths of the slave population in a state when allocating how many representatives a state was entitled to in the House of Representatives.
- 10. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances.
- 13. 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.
- 14. 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.
- 15. 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.
- 16. 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.
- 18. first plan of government adopted in the United States after the revolution; it was a loose association of states with no authority to tax, no national army, and no chief executive.
- 19. French writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful.
- 20. 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 interests of a few.
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- 1. “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.
- 2. government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens.
- 5. 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.
- 6. 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
- 9. 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.
- 11. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority.
- 12. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the constitution and helped write the federalist papers.
- 17. government is defined by law and serves the people; the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone, whether ruler or the ruled.