American government test 2

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What was the first representative assembly in the New World?

House of burgesses

Four factors that caused tension in the colonial leading to the revolutionary war?

French and Indian war, colonist drive to self govern, King George the third ,mercantilism and its legislation

This was the first organized meeting for colonial delegate except Georgia in 1774 in Philadelphia

First continental Congress

The second continental Congress commission Jefferson to write this document in 1776

Declaration of Independence

4 truths presented in the declaration

equality, Natural rights given my God, governments job to protect natural rights, consent to government

This English philosopher influenced the Declaration with his ideas of this social contract

John Lock

this was Americas first plan of government which was ratified in 1781

Articles of Confederation

What was the structure of the national government under the Articles of Confederation

only had a Legislative branch not executive or Judicial

This meeting in 1786 was supposed to recommend a federal plan for regulating commerce but was poorly attend by the states

Annapolis Convention

This conflict in 1786 demonstrated how weak the national government was in dealing with a crises

Shays Rebelion

where was the Constitutional Convention held in 1787

Philedilphia

Who was chosen as the president of the convention

George Washington

who was so influential in the writing of it that he bacame known as the father of the constitution

James Madison

this was Madisons plan to have a bicameral legislative with representation based on a states population

Virginia plan

this plan advocated by smaller states called for unicameral legislative with each state getting one vote

Bicameral plan

what was the great compromise and proposed it

changing the Articles of confederation to the constitution what proposed it was all the problems in the Articles of Confederation

what was the 3/5 compromise

3/5 of slaves were able to represented

what two factions emerged with regard to ratification of the constitution

federalist and anti federalist

this man was chosen by the electoral collage as the first president under the constitution

George Washington

the federalists promised anti federalists to add this to the constitution if it was ratified

bill of rights

what is the constitution realistic view of human nature

humans want to be self governed but can not handle that much power

what are two ways of interpreting the constitution

Strict constitutionalist, and loose constitutionalist

what is discussed in article V of the constitution

how to amend the constitution

why is article 1 section 8 clause 18 so important

It allows, Congress with flexibility to pass laws, not written in the constitution explicitly

what are the two phases of amending the constitution

proposal ans ratification

how many ways of proposal and ratification are spelled out in the constitution

2

what isn the percentage needed for proposal and the percentage needed for ratification

ratification you need 78 percent and proposal you need 67 percent

the first 10 amendments of the constitution are known as

the bill of rights

how many total amendments have been added to the constitution

27

how many timed can a proposal be submitted to a state for ratification

unlimited

all the basic principle of the constitution deals with whist issue

distributing power

what is the idea that the constitution gives political power to only as allowed by the people

limited government

what is the idea that the constitution distributes power among three branches of government

separation of powers

who is credited with the idea of distributing power among 3 branches of government

Montasqui

the constitution ensures three equal branches of government with this theme

checks and balances

in this process the president van attempt to stop legislation from congress

veto

who can be impeached into congress

vice president, president, judge

what court case established the supreme courts power to rule on the constitutionality of laws

Marbury VS Madison 1803 judicial review

this theme of the constitution means that then people are the ultimate source of the governments authority

popular system

what phrase is the Constitution establishes the idea of the government power rest with the citizens

we the people of the untied states