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Declaration of independence |
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| Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, the document that proclaimed that proclaimed the right of the colonies to speerate from Great Britain. Written in 1776 and based on ideas of philosopher Locke; basically a list of reasons |
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| the beilief that the people agree yo set up rulers for certain purposes and thus have the right to resist or remove rulers who act against those purposes |
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| A government without a monarch, rooted in consent of the governed, whose power is exercised by elected representatives responsible to the governed |
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| a looses association of independent states that agree to cooperate on specific matters |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| the compact among the thirteen original states that established the first gvmn't on the U.S. |
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| a set of proposals for a new gvmn't, submitted to the Constitutional convention of 1787; included seperation of gvmn't into 3 branches, division of legislature into 2 houses, and proportional representation in legislature |
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| the lawmaking branch of gvmn't |
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| the law-enofrcing branch of gvmn't |
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| the law-interpreting ranch of gvmn't |
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| a set og 9 resolutions that would have, in effect, preserved the articles of Confederation by ammending rather than replacing them |
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| a plan calling for a bicameral legislature in which the house of Representatives would be appointed according to population and the states would be represented equally in the Senate |
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| a body of electors chosen by voters to cast ballots for president and vice president |
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| a form of government in which power resides in the people and is exercised by their elected representative |
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| the division of pwer between central government and regional government |
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| the assignment of lawmaking, law enforcing, and law enterprising functions to seperate branches of gevernment |
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| a governmnent structure that gives each branch some scruitiny of and control over the other branches |
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| the pwers explicity granted to congress by the constitution |
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| Necessary & Proper Clause |
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| gives Congress the means to execute its enumerated powers; elastic clause |
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| `powers that congress needs to execute its enumerated powers |
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| power to declare congressional (and presidental) acts invalid because they donot agree with the constitution |
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| asserts that national laws take prececence over state and local laws when they conflict |
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| ` firt ten ammendments to the constitution |
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