1. Unit One Principles & Origins of Government
Created by: Jimmy Beavers, Nathan Starliper and Savannah Buhler

2. Char. of Government
Forms of
Government
Compromises
Early Attempts of
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Important Documents
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3. One characteristic of a state

4. Government population territory sovereignty

5. Who is the primary author of declaration of independence

6. Thomas Jefferson

7. Who is the “father of the constitution?”

8. James Madison

9. Define public policy

10. Principles on which social laws are based

11. Goals of U.S. Gov outlined in Preamble

12. Establish justice, provide for the common defense, ensure tranquility, promote general welfare, secure blessings of liberty, form a more perfect union

13. Two types of democracy

14. Direct and representative

15. Who holds the power in a democracy?

16. The people

17. Describe a federal government

18. Powers divided between central government and smaller local government

19. What types of Government best describes the U.S.?

20. federal, representative democracy, presidential

21. Name the types of Government

22. Unitary, Federal, Confederacy, Parliamentary, Presidential, Dictatorship, Democracy

23. Describe the commerce and slave compromise

24. Congress was forbidden to tax exports, congress couldn’t act on slave trade for 20 years

25. What was the compromise in the 3/5ths compromise?

26. Slave states were allowed to count 3/5ths of slaves in their poulation

27. What plans lead to Connecticut compromise?

28. Virginia plan & New Jersey plan

29. Describe the Connecticut compromise

30. Bicameral legislature senate: represented equally house of representatives: represented by size

31. Describe the Virginia and New Jersey plans

32. Virginia: strong gov. w/ three banches, representation based on population, favored large states
New Jersey Plan:
Unicameral Congress, congress has limited power to tax, favored smaller states

33. What was the nations first government?

34. Second continental congress

35. What was the achievement of the second continental congress?

36. Form the declaration of independence

37. What document outline the first official government?

38. Articles of confederation

39. What are the federalists?

40. Supporters of a new federal government

41. Describe the weaknesses of the articles of confederation

42. One vote for each state congress regulate trade congress cant tax no executive no court system

43. What is the Magna Carta?

44. Barons forced King John to sign against the absolute powers of a king

45. What is the articles of confederation?

46. League of friendship among states

47. What is the constitution?

48. A written form of law that currently governs the US

49. What is the declaration of independence

50. Colonies declared independence from Great Britan

51. What is the English bill of rights?

52. The declaration of rights that the first continental sent to King George