Government

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Social contract

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Idea that government is formed by the consent of the governed

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Mayflower Compact

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The first government based on the idea of a covenant

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Divine right of kings

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Kings received their authority directly from God

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Fundamental orders of Connecticut

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outlined a more democratic government than the one in Massachusetts by not making church membership a prerequisite for government participation

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Great Awakening

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Spiritual revival during colonial times

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Unalienable Rights

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A right given by God and not government

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Popular Government

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A government in which the people participate

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Direct Democracy

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A government where the people directly affect a countries policies

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Republic

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“state in which the supreme power rests in the people and their elected repre- sentatives or officers

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Dictatorship

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Absolute power lies within the ruling class

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Totalitarian

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Control over every aspect of the governs lives

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Autocracy

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Rule by one person

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Oligarchy

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Ruled by an elite group of individuals

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Anarchy

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No government

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Federalism

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divides a nation’s power among national, regional, and local governments

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Confederate Government

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When the regional governments retain supremacy

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Presidential System

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People directly elect the president

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Parliamentary system

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The legislative and executive branches are inseparably linked

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Delegates powers

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Power delegated to certain positions in government

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Congress

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Two houses of elected officials that combine to form congress

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House of Representatives

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The lower house of congress

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Senate

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Higher house of congress

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President

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The chief executive officer

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Supreme Court

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The highest court of government in the land

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Bicameral

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Two house congress

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Unicameral

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1 house congress

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Governor

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The chief officer of a regional government

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Townships

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Elected officials from different divisions of the county

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Charter

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Gives the city a name and serves as its constitution

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Democracy

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Government where the majorities opinion wins

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Due Process

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certain legal procedures must be enforced to protect the rights of the accused

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Bill of rights

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The first ten amendments of the constitution

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Electoral college

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Likewise the president was elected through the indirect means

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Majority Rule

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that is, a numerical majority of the electorate makes decisions that are binding upon the entire electorate

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Pluralistic society

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where differing opinions and parties exist freely

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Equality

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means political equality, or legal equality, its chief characteristics being equality of justice and equality of the fran- chise

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Declaration of Independence

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Document stating our independence from the United Kingdom

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Thomas Jefferson

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Chief author of the Declaration of Independence

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John Hancock

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Famously wrote his name huge on the Declaration of Independence

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Age of Enlightenment

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written as well as Christian political thought tracing back to the Puritans and Scottish dissenters

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Deism

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Religious outgrowth of the enlightenment

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Articles of Confederation

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Documents that tried to make the U.S. a confederation

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Ratification

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To give to consent

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Mount Vernon

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Where Washington lived

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Annapolis convention

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Convention that was famously poorly attended

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Constitutional

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Convention where the states discussed changes they wanted to make to the constitution

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George Washington

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One of the founding fathers and was the head of the constitutional convention

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James Madison

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Father of the constitution

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Virginia plan

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Plan that favored the larger states

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New Jersey plan

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Plan that favored the smaller states

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Connecticut plan

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Compromise for the Virginia and New Jersey plan

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3/5 compromise

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Compromise that gave things to both plans

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Federalists

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Advocates of the constitution

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Anti-Federalists

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Those who opposed the new form of government

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Federalist papers

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Answered the objections of the anti Federalists

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Necessary and Proper Clause

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“to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Consti- tution in the Government of the United States.

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Bill of rights

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First ten amendments to the constitution

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Limited Government

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Restrictions to the power of government

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Separation of powers

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Dividing the government into 3 equally powerful branches of government

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Checks and balances

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Thwarts branches of government from being more powerful then another

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Veto

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The presidents ability to reject a bill or oppose it

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Impeachment

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The removal of an official from an elected office

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Judicial Review

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power of the judicial branch of government to review the constitutionality of laws passed by the legislative branch

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Marbury v Madison

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Marked the first time the judicial review was asserted or used

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Preamble

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Introduces the constitution

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Legislative branch

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Branch of government that congress works under

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Census

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A counting of the population