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American government
Vocab part 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Limited government | Basic principle to American government which states that government is restricted in what it may do |
| Representative government | System of government in which public policies are made by officials selected by the voters |
| Magna Carta | Forced by upon King John of England by his barons in 1215 by established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility |
| Due process | The government must act fairly and in accord with established rules in all that it does |
| Petition of Right | Document prepared by Parliament and signed by King Charles I of England in 1628 by challenged the idea of divine right of kings |
| English Bill of Rights | A document written by Parliament and agreed on by William and Mary of England in 1689 |
| Charter | A city's basic law |
| Bicameral | An adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers |
| Proprietary | Organized by a person to whom the king had made a grant of land |
| Unicameral | An adjective describing a legislative body with one chamber |
| Confederation | A joining of several groups for a common purpose |
| Albany Plan of Union | Plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin that aimed the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes |
| Delegate | Members of Congress who cast votes |
| Popular sovereignty | Basic principles of the American system of government |
| Articles of Confederation | Plan of government adopted by the Continental Congress after the American Revolution |
| Ratification | Formal approval or treaty |
| Framers | Group of delegates who drafted the United States Constitution at the Philadelphia Conversation |
| Virginia Plan | Plan presented by delegates from Virginia at the Constitutional Convention |
| New Jersey Plan | Plan presented as an alternative to the Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention |
| Connecticut Compromise | Agreement during the Constitutional Convention that Congress should be composed of a State, a House, and a State's population |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | An agreement at the Constitutional Convention to count a slave as three-fifths of a person |
| Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise | An agreement during the Constitutional Convention protecting slave holders |
| Federalist | Those persons who supported the ratification of the Constitution |
| Anti-Federalist | Those persons who opposed the ratification of the Constitution |
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