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| Sovereignity | the supreme and absolute authority within a territory |
| Social Contract | people surrender to the state power needed to maintain oder and in return the state agrees to protect its citizens |
| Democracy | government in which the people rule |
| Evolution Theory | states developed after early families chose to settle land and become tribes |
| Divine Right Theory | God gave those of royal birth the right to rul |
| Force Theory | the state is created out of the need to resist an enemy |
| Social Contract Theory | state exists because people voluntarily organized themselves to improve their lives |
| Autocracy | a system of government in which the power to rule is in the hands of a single individual |
| Mayflower Contract | first colonial plan for self-government |
| "Consent of the Governed" | people have a say in their government |
| Articles of Confereration | first written plan of government which created a weak central government |
| Shay's Rebellion | pointed out one weakness of the Articles which was no military to put down the rebellion |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| James Madison | Father of the Constitution |
| Virginia Plan | favored the larger states because it said representation should be based on population |
| Connecticut Compromise | set up a two house legislature, one based on population the other equal |
| Direct democracy | government in which all citizens cast a vote directly on government issues |
| Delegated Powers | powers to the national government |
| Reserved Powers | powers reserved to the state |
| Inherent Powers | powers the national government may exercise because it is a government |
| Expressed Powers | powers directly stated in the Constitution |
| Supremacy Clause | the Constitution, laws passed by Congress and treaties are the supreme law of the land |
| Full Faith and Credit Clause | all states must honor the civil laws of every other state |
| Privileges and Immunities Clause | states cannot discriminate against a person who lives in another state |
| Interstate Compacts | written agreements between two or more states |
| Oligarchy | small group holds the power |
| Democracy | government where people rule either through representation or directly |
| Republic | government in which voters hold sovereign power; elected representatives, responsible to the people, exercise that power |
| Federalism | power is SHARED between the national government and the state government |
| Constitution | plan that provides the rules of government |
| Preamble | explains the purpose of government |
| Magna Carta | beginning of limited government |
