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Government & Economics Review
Part II
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Jefferson on
LockeUnit II Voc.
Declarationof
Independence
Articles of
ConfederationConstitution
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This "unalienable" right, stated in the Declaration of Independence, is the right of Americans to pursue personal fulfillment, so long as they do not infringe on the
rights of others.
What is the “pursuit of
happiness”?
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This right was asserted in the Declaration of Independence
to justify separation from Britain and the overturning
of the authority of King
George III.
What is “right to revolution”?
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“refusing to assent to lawsnecessary for the public
good” is an example of one of these, which makes up the third part of the Declaration
What are grievances?
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Jefferson also served in this colonial
Virginia legislature, the first in the
colonies
What is the House of Burgesses?
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This principle states that both those
who govern and the governed must
obey the law
What is the rule of law?
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This is the right to vote
What is suffrage?
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Many colonies experienced abuses by crown-appointed
judges and governors causing state constitutions provided for
government in which the legislative branch had ultimate
power said to have this.
What is legislative supremacy?
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A legislative assembly that meets to debate issues rather
than make laws quickly
What is deliberative body?
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This idea was prevalent in early modern Europe that
monarchs derive their authority directly from God
What is the divine right?
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A form of government in which a written, unwritten,
or partly written constitution serves as a higher or fundamental law that
everyone, including those in power, must obey.
What is a constitutional government ?
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These fundamental rights that cannot be taken away by government or another entity.
What are unalienable
rights?
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The natural rights concept that
ultimate political authority rests with
the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
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According to Aristotle, this is the right form of
government by a few people
What is an aristocracy?
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Jefferson uses this phrase to explain that
natural rights philosophy is clear for all to
understand
What is “self-evident”?
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This 3-word Latin phrase translates to “Thus always to tyrants” and appears on the
Virginia state seal as well on the t-shirt of Oklahoma City bomber
Timothy McVeigh in his mug-shot
What is “sic semper tyrannis”?
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The Articles only provided for one branch of federal government, this branch
represented by Congress
What is the Legislative Branch?
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This armed revolt by Massachusetts farmers
seeking relief from debt and mortgage foreclosures
exposed weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
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This law was one of the few successes of the Articles and
provided guidelines new states to be admitted into the
Union as well as public education and forbade
slavery.
What is the Northwest
Ordinance?
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This is the vote that was required to amend the
Articles of Confederation
What is a 13/13ths?
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This state refused to send delegates to the
Philadelphia Convention believing that their
absence would prevent the Articles from being
amended.
What is Rhode Island?
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This portion of the US Constitution
describes the plan of government.
What are the Articles?
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Congress is forbidden from passing these laws which punish specific individuals
without a trial by jury
What are bills of attainder?
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Congress is forbidden from passing these laws that punish for something
done when it was not against the law.
What is an ex post facto law?
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This Section of the Constitution defines the expressed powers of the
legislative branch
What is Article I, Section 8?
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This Section of the Constitution defines the
denied powers of the legislative branch
What is Article I, Section 9?
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