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| Family is the way the government works. Your heritage gets you power. |
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| Getting your power by the use of force. |
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| Government protects the people and the people give them their rights |
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| Rulers or ruler declare that god or gods have chosen them to rule over the people. |
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| System sovereignty is in the hands of the national government. |
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| a collective of individuals and institutions, the formal vehicles through which policies are made and affairs of state are conducted |
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| member of a political community to whom certain rights obligations are attached |
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| the study of who gets what, when, and how-or how policy decision are made |
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| a form of government in which power is vested in hereditary kinds and queens who govern in the interests of all |
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| government controls economy |
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| right to participate is based on wealth, social status, etc |
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| an agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed |
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| a government rooted in the consent of the governed; a representative or indirect democracy |
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| a doctrine that society should be governend by certain ethical principles that are part of nature and, as such, can be understood |
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| right of the majority to govern themselves |
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| that a government is the best that governs least and that a big government can only infringe on individual, personal, and economic rights |
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| one considered to favor extensive governmental involvement in the economy and the provision of social services and to take an activist role in protecting the rights of women, the elderly, minorities, and the enviornment |
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| one who favors free market economy and no governmental interference in the personal liberties. |
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| An idea that you would live an ideal life, be happy, have money all in america |
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| economic theory that would increase the economy through commercial industry and trade |
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| Meeting of representatives of 9 of the 13 colonies held in NYC in 1765. During which representatives drafted a doc to send to the king listing how their rights have been violated |
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| Committees of Correspondence |
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| Organizations in each of the American colonies created to keep colonists abreast of developments with the british. Served as powerful molders of public opinion against the british |
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| Meeting held in Philly from Sept 5th, to Oct 26, 1774. 56 Delegates from every colony except Georgia adopted a resolution in opposition to the Coercive Acts |
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| type of gov where the national government derives its powers from the states; a league of independent states |
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| Meeting that convened in Pilly, on May 10th, 1775, at which it was decided that an army should be raised and George Washington of Virginia was name Commander and Chief |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| Document was drafted by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 that proclaimed the right of the American colonies to separate from Great Britain |
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| Articles of conferderation |
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| The compact among the thirteen original states that was the basis of their government. Written in 1776, the articles were not ratified by all the states until 1781 |
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| Angry farmers were mad that they could not pay their mortgages and they took the state court of Massachusetts. |
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| a doc establishing the structure, functions, and limitation of a government |
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| The first general plan for the constitution, proposed by James Madison. Its key points were a bicameral legislature, an exucutive and judiciary chosen by the legislature |
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| A framework for the constitution proposed by a group of small states: its key points were a one-house legislature with one vote for each state, the establishment of the acts of Congress, as the supreme law of the land, and judiciary power limited |
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| A decision made during the Constitutional Convention to give each state the same number of representatives in the Senate regardless of size; representation in the House was determined by population |
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| Each slave would be counted as 3/5 of a person in terms of population for representation |
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| a way of dividing power among 3 branches of government in which the members of the HOR, members of the Senate, federal courts are selected by and responsible to different constituncies |
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| gives the 3 branches of government some degree in oversight and control of the other. |
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| plan of Government created in the US constitution in which power is divided between the national government and the state governments and in which independent states are bound together under one national government |
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| necessary and proper clause |
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| The final paragraph of Article 1, section 8, of the US constitution; which gives Congress the authority to pass all laws necessary and proper to carry out the enumerated powers specified in the Constitution; also called elastic clause |
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| Portion of Article VI of the US constitution mandating that national law is supreme to all other laws passed by the states or by any other subdivision of government |
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| Those who favored a stronger national government and supported the proposed US constitution, later became the first US political party |
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| Those who favored a strong state governments and a weak national gov |
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| A series of 85 political papers written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison to support the constitution |
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| first ten amendments to the US constitution |
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| national gov and state gov deprive all authority from the people |
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| system where the local and regional govs deprive all power from strong national government |
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| privileges and immunities system |
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| citizen of one state has the same rights as a citizen in another state |
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| powers reserved to the states because of the tenth amendment |
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| authority possessed by both state and national governments, power can be used but does not go against national law |
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| a law declaring an act illegal without judicial trial |
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| law passed after the fact, thereby making previously legal activity illegal and subject to current penalty |
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| full faith and credit clause |
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| ensures judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in any other state |
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| Contracts between states that carry the force of law, generally now used as a took to address multistate policy concerns |
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| McCulloch v Maryland (1819) |
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| The supreme court upheld the power of the national gov and denied the right of a state to tax the bank. The court's broad interpretation of the necessary and proper clause paved the way for later rulings upholding expansive federal powers |
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| Supreme court upheld broad congressional power to regulate interstate commerce |
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| The belief that having separate and equally powerful levels of government is the best arrangement. |
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| authorized congress to enact a national income tax |
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| made senators directly elected by the people; removed their selection from state legislatures |
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| the relationship between the national and state governents that began with the New deal |
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| grant for which congress appropriates fund for a specific person |
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| federal/state relationship proposed by Reagan administration during the 1980's: hallmark is returning administrative powers to the state governments |
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| broad grant with few strings attached. It is given to the states by the federal government for specified education or health services |
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| national laws that directs or local governments to comply with federal rules or regulations but contain no federal funding to defray the cost of meeting these requirements |
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| the right of a state to be free from the lawsuit unless it gives permission to the suit. Under the 11th amendment, all states are considered soveriegn |
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