Civics Chapters 1 & 2 Review

To be a delegate means to be a representative

The US Constitution provides ways to...

To boycott something means to buy more of that product and make sure that place never goes out of business

Limited the King's power. Monarch was subject to the law of the land

Include taxation, defense, education, crime, healthcare, transportation

One leader has absolute control over citizen's lives

Government should serve the will of the people

Connecticut Compromise was when people from New York delegation suggested congress be bicameral

Citizens elect leaders to represent their rights and interests in government

The state arose out of a voluntary act of free people. the state serves the will of the people.

What is something that everyone has to have to join together?

Designed to prevent abuse of power by english monarch agreed on by William and Mary of England (1689)

Federalist favored ratification

This Government as a King and Queen

Unicameral means to have two separate branches

Articles of Confederation established "A firm league of friendship among the states"

Citizens are directly involved in the work of governing the country

Anti federalist opposed ratification

A charter was a written grant of authority from the king

Citizens hold all the power

The body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and process of government

What does popular sovereignty mean?

Document was signed by King John in 1215. 1st document that limited the power of government

Make laws and frame public policy

Small group has all the power

Idea certain restrictions should be placed on government to protect citizens rights

Three-Fifths Compromise was a plan that counted slaves as three fifths of a person when counting population

Interpret laws, determine their meaning, and settle disputes

Bicameral means to have three separate branches

The state developed naturally out of the early family

Government that recognizes God or a divine being as the ultimate authority

No government is in control, similar to Locke's state of nature

The institution through which a society makes and enforces policies

The Virginia Plan was the first plan to call for three separate branches

One person or small group claimed control over an area and made all within it to submit

What makes a state?

A confederation is the joining of several groups without a common purpose

Due process means to be rushed to trial without a fair trial

Enforce and administrate laws

meeting to discuss problems of colonial trade and the attacks by French and Native Americans

A joining of several groups for a common purpose

The New Jersey Plan called for a unicameral legislature in which each state would be equally represented.

God had created the state and gave those of royal birth a super natural right