Math 5A

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Government Economics Review Part II
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Jefferson on Locke
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Constitution
Unit II Voc.
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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.
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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.   
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What is right to revolution?
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refusing to assent to laws necessary for the
public good is an example of one of these, which
makes up the third part of the Declaration
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What are grievances?
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Jefferson also served in this colonial Virginia
legislature, the first in the colonies
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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
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What is the rule of law?
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This is the right to vote
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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.
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What is legislative supremacy?
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A legislative assembly that meets to debate
issues rather than make laws quickly  
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What is deliberative body?
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This idea was prevalent in early modern Europe
that monarchs derive their authority directly
from God
  
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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.
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What is a constitutional government ?
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These fundamental rights that cannot be taken
away by government or another entity.
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What are unalienable rights?
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The natural rights concept that ultimate
political authority rests with the people.
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What is popular sovereignty?
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According to Aristotle, this is the right form of
government by a few people
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What is an aristocracy?
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Jefferson uses this phrase to explain that
natural rights philosophy is clear for all to
understand
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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
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What is sic semper tyrannis?
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The Articles only provided for one branch of
federal government, this branch represented by
Congress
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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.  
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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.
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What is the Northwest Ordinance?
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This is the vote that was required to amend the
Articles of Confederation
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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.
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What is Rhode Island?
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This portion of the US Constitution describes the
plan of government.
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What are the Articles?
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Congress is forbidden from passing these laws
which punish specific individuals without a trial
by jury
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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.
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What is an ex post facto law?
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This Section of the Constitution defines the
expressed powers of the legislative branch
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What is Article I, Section 8?
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This Section of the Constitution defines the
denied powers of the legislative branch
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What is Article I, Section 9?
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