US history Founding of the nation vocab

Question 1

Enlightment

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Age of reason, time when people started using observations and science to determine how things work

Question 2

Declaration of Independence

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Americas letter telling England that we were going to start our own country

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Natural Rights

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Life, Liberty, Property

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Social Contract

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Governments are created to protect natural rights, of they dont, people can start a new government

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Sovereignty

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The right to rule

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Popular Sovereignty

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The right to rule comes from the people, synonym-democracy

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Grievance

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A reason for a complaint

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Northwest Ordinance

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Document created to govern the Northwest Territory

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Territory

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Any piece of land that is controlled by the U.S., but that is not a state

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Northwest Territory

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Big piece of land that the US acquired after the revolution

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Bill of Rights

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List of protections from the government written into the US constitution

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Amendment

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A change to a written document, there are 27 amendments to the US constitution

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13th amendment

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Ended slavery

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Constitution

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A list of what the government can and cant do

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Democracy

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government ran by the people, based on majority rule

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Republic

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Democracy where elected officials make decisions on behalf of the people

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Republicanism

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Representative democracy

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Monarchy

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government ran by king or queen

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Articles of confederation

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Americas first constitution, failed because federal government was too weak

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Provision

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A condition or requirement in a legal document

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Legislate

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To make laws

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Federal government

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national government (over entire country)

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Federalism

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national and state governments share power

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Federalists

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supporters of the U.S. constitution, didnt want bill of rights

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Antifederalists

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Opponents of the U.S. constitution, wanted bill of rights

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Magna Carta

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Document from 1215, Established the precedent of trial by jury

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English bill of rights

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One basis for American bill of rights, established precedent against cruel and unusual punishment

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Virginia declaration of rights

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Protected the rights, precedent for the US BILL OF RIGHTS

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Precedent

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A way of doing things based on the way people did them in the past

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Infringement

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Violation of right or law

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Quartering Act of 1765

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Made colonists provide lodging for British soldiers

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Massachusetts Government Act

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Limited colonists right to assemble

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Due Process

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The government taking all the right steps before fining or imprisoning someone

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Ratify

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Accept or adopt