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Chapter 2 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bicameral | A government that has a two-house legislative system, such as the House of Representatives and the Senate that make up the U.S. |
| Magna Carta | King John was forced to sign this, and it was one of the earliest English efforts toward limited government. The first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law. |
| Petition of Rights | Required monarchs to obtain Parliament's approval before levying new taxes. |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | A set of laws that gave all free men the right to choose people to serve as judges. |
| Proprietary Colony | Based on a grant of land by the English monarch to a proprietor. A colony granted to some individual or individuals with the fullest prerogatives of government compare charter colony, royal colony. |
| Royal Colonies | Directly controlled by the king through an appointed governor. |
| English Bill of Rights | Restricted the monarchs from enacting laws, raising taxes, or keeping an army without Parliament's consent. |
| Charter Colonies | Operated under charters agreed to by the colony and the king. |
| Stamp Act | The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. It was a direct tax imposed by the British government without the approval of the colonial legislatures. |
| First Continental Congress | Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future under growing British aggression. |
| Second Continental Congress | Meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolutionary War. |
| Articles of Confederation | The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789. |
| Ratification | The action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid. |
| Northwest Ordinance | Provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory. |
| Virginia Plan | Outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. |
| New Jersey Plan | A plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state. |
| Great Compromise | A bicameral legislature with proportional representation in the lower house and equal representation of the states in the upper house. |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | It determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation. |
| Federalists | Supporters of the constitution. |
| Antifederalists | Those who opposed the constitution |
| Federalists Papers | Argued in favor of the ratification of the new constitution and outlined the importance of a strong federal government. |
| Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship. |
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