| A | B |
|---|
| limited government | government has restricted powers |
| ordered government | government has rules that help people get along |
| representative government | government that serves the people, not just an elite group |
| Magna Carta | document that says the king did not have total power (1215) |
| Petition of Right | King cant rule using the military in peacetime. (1625) |
| English Bill of Rights (1689) | guaranteed the right to a fair and speedy trial |
| bicameral | a two house legislature |
| unicameral | a one house legislature (Nebraska) |
| Proprietary colony | King gives a charter to an owner (Pennsylvania to William Penn) |
| Royal colony | colony ruled directly by the king |
| confederation | a loose grouping of states united for a common purpose |
| boycott | a form of opposition; to refuse to buy or participate |
| sovereignty | the power to rule over people |
| popular sovereignty | government can only exist with the consent of the people. |
| Franklin's Albany Plan of Union (1754) | First proposal to unite all 13 colonies in one congress |
| ratification | to formally approve of something by a vote |
| Articles of Confederation | set up first American Government with States in a loose union |
| presiding officer | chairperson, person running the meeting |
| weakness of Articles of Confederation | no executive or powerful president to enforce laws of congress |
| Constitutional Convention | 55 men trying to fix the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation |
| New Jersey Plan | unicameral house with each State getting equal number of members |
| Virginia Plan | three branches of government, bicameral houses based on population and wealth |
| Connecticut Compromise | combined NJ and VA plan into two houses--one house equal representatives, the other based on population |
| three-fifths Compromise | To appease the Southern states, slaves would count but only be worth 3/5ths of a person. |
| Slave Trade Clause of Constitution | Slave Trade legal for twenty years |
| Federalists | people who favored a strong central government |
| anti-Federalists | wanted more power to remain in the individual States, NOT in the central government |
| Thomas Jefferson | author of the Declaration of Independence |
| James Madison | "Father of the Constitution. |
| Alexander Hamilton | strong Federalist, author of Federalist papers, first Treasury Secretary of the U.S. |
