| A | B |
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| Limited Government | The idea that government is restricted in what they do, and each individual has certain rights that government cannot take away |
| Representative Government | System of government in which public policies are made by officials selected by the votersand held accountable in periodic elections |
| Magna Carta | Established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and gauranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility |
| Petition of Right | Limited the king's power in many ways; challenged the idea of divine right |
| English Bill of Rights | Prohibited a standing army in peactime, except with the consent of Parliament, and required that all parliamentary elections be free |
| Charter | A written grant of authority from the king |
| Bicameral | Two-house legislature |
| Proprietary | Organized by a proprietor (a person to whom the king had made a grant of land) |
| Unicameral | One-house legislature |
| Confederation | A joining of several groups for a common purpose |
| Albany Plan of Union | Proposed the formation of an annual congress of delegates from each of the 13 colonies |
| Delegates | Another name for a representative from a colony |
| Boycott | A refusal to buy or sell certain products or services |
| Repealed | Withdrawn; cancelled |
| Popular Sovereignity | Government can exist only with the consent of the governed |
| Articles of Confederation | Plan of government adopted by the Continental Congress after the American Revolution; established a "firm league of friendship" among the States |
| Ratification | Formal approval |
| Presiding Officer | Congress chooses this person as it's president, but not the President of the United States |
| Framers | Group of delegates who drafted the US Constitution |
| Virginia Plan | Called for new government with three separate branches; Legislative, Executive, Judicial |
| New Jersey Plan | Retained the unicameral Congress of the Confederation, with each State represented equally |
| Connecticut Compromise | Congress should be composed of two houses; Senate and House |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | Provided that all "free persons" should be counted, and so, too, should "all other persons" |
| Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise | Congress was forbidden the power to tax the export of goods from any State |
| Federalists | Favored ratification |
| Anti-Federalists | Opposed ratification |
| Quorum | Another word for majority |
