Natural Rights - the rights given to all humans, simply for the sake of being human.
Social Contract - The people agree to give up certain rights to accept a central authority which will protect all their rights
Popular Sovereignty - a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people
Republicanism - a theory of government that emphasizes the participation of citizens for the common good of the community.
Participatory Democracy - democracy in which citizens have the power to decide directly on policy and politicians are responsible for implementing those policy decisions.
Pluralist Theory - A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics is mainly a competition among groups, each one pressing for its own preferred policies.
Elitist Theory - power is concentrated, elites are unified, non-elites are diverse and powerless, elite interested are unified due to common backgrounds and power is institutional position.
Articles of Confederation - the agreement made by the original 13 states in 1777 establishing a confederacy to be known as the United States of America
Shay’s Rebellion - uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions.
Constitutional Convention - A convention of delegates from all the states except Rhode Island met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in May of 1787
Virginia Plan - James Madison's Virginia Plan outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
New Jersey Plan - proposed a unicameral (one-house) legislature with equal votes of states and an executive elected by a national legislature
Great Compromise - promised the creation of a bicameral legislature composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate
Bicameral - a government structure involving two houses, or two legislative bodies, that are separate in deliberation from one another.
Three-Fifths Compromise - It determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation.
Compromise of Importation - allowing the transatlantic slave trade to continue for 20 years
Natural Rights - the rights given to all humans, simply for the sake of being human.
Social Contract - The people agree to give up certain rights to accept a central authority which will protect all their rights
Popular Sovereignty - a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people
Republicanism - a theory of government that emphasizes the participation of citizens for the common good of the community.
Participatory Democracy - democracy in which citizens have the power to decide directly on policy and politicians are responsible for implementing those policy decisions.
Pluralist Theory - A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics is mainly a competition among groups, each one pressing for its own preferred policies.
Elitist Theory - power is concentrated, elites are unified, non-elites are diverse and powerless, elite interested are unified due to common backgrounds and power is institutional position.
Articles of Confederation - the agreement made by the original 13 states in 1777 establishing a confederacy to be known as the United States of America
Shay’s Rebellion - uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions.
Constitutional Convention - A convention of delegates from all the states except Rhode Island met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in May of 1787
Virginia Plan - James Madison's Virginia Plan outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
New Jersey Plan - proposed a unicameral (one-house) legislature with equal votes of states and an executive elected by a national legislature
Great Compromise - promised the creation of a bicameral legislature composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate
Bicameral - a government structure involving two houses, or two legislative bodies, that are separate in deliberation from one another.
Three-Fifths Compromise - It determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation.
Compromise of Importation - allowing the transatlantic slave trade to continue for 20 years
