Keeping the Republic

Social system based on a frigid social and political hierarchy based on the ownership of the land

Protestant religious sect that sought to reform the Church of England in the 16th and 17th centuries

• 1754-1763
• War between France and England and allied Indians. France was expelled from the New World

• 1776
• Thomas Paine
• Persuaded Americans to support the Revolutionary cause

Political document that dissolved the colonial ties between the United States and Spain

Rules that establish a government

• 1777
• First constitution
• Created an association of states with weak central gov

Gov in which independent states unite for common purpose, but retain their own sovereignty

Unrestrained power of the people

• 1787
• Massachusetts farmers protested foreclosures

Power is divided between the central and regional units

Supporters of Constitution who favored strong central gov

Advocates of states rights who opposed Constitution

Proposal at the Constitutional convention that congressional representation be based on population - favored larger states

Congressional representation should be equal - favored small states

Solution to congressional representation- equal votes in the Senate, votes by population in the House

5 slaves = 3 people

Process through which a proposal is formally approved and adopted by vote

Series of essays written in support of the Constitution to build support for it's ratification

Groups the citizens united by some common passion or interest and opposed to the rights of other citizens or to the interests of the whole community

Summary of citizen rights guaranteed and protected by a gov added to the Constitution as its first ten amendments in order to achieve ratification

The body of gov that makes laws

Legislature with 2 children

Gov in which decisions are made through representatives of the people

Legislature with one chamber

Branch of gov responsible for putting laws into effect

Intermediary body that elects the president

Power to interpret laws and judge whether a law has been broken

Power of the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionally of laws