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Lesson

Definition/ Terms

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Handout Tests

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GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS

Government, political science, laws, preamble to the US Constitution, reasons for establishing government, Articles of Confederation, federal form of government, confederation, 6 goals of Preamble, Seven Articles

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THE NATION STATE

State, nation, nation-state, population, territory, sovereignty, democracy, direct democracy, dictatorship, levels of government, branches of federal government, branches of regional government, force theory, evolutionary theory, tribes, divine right theory, social contract theory, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, political science

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100 pts

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SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT 1

Autocracy, monarchy, dictatorship, olygarchy, democracy, direct democracy, representative democracy, three basic government models, unitary government, federal gov, confederate gov, socialism, communism, capitalism, mixed market economy

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SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT 2

Scarcity, simplest society, complex society, democracy, three basic economic questions, traditional economy, controlled economy, market or free economy, efficiency function, equity function, stability function, socialist economy, Marx, factors of production, factor of labor, surplus value, communist economy, socialist and communist economy, anarchy, olygarchy, mixed capitalism, classical capitalism ownership, communism ownership

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100 pts

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ORIGINS OF GOVERNMENT 1

Rome, patricians, plebeians, consuls, Roman Senate, assemblies and tribunes, first written law code, twelve tablets, Magna Carta, Great Council, one great principle of Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, levying money

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ORIGINS OF GOVERNMENT 2

13 original colonies + reasons for founding, 3 general reasons for founding colonies, limited monarchy, Mayflower Compact, ant-democratic provisions surviving, John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract, Baron de Montesquieu, autonomy, Thomas Paine, Common Sense, mercantilism, inconsistent administration of the colonies, English Civil War, colonists’ objections to passing laws, Navigation Acts of 1651-52, Enumerated Commodities Act (1660), Second Navigation Act (1663), Acts of Trade and Navigation, unifying forces for the colonies

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ORIGINS OF GOVERNMENT 3

French and Indian War, intercolonial council, Benjamin Franklin, Albany Plan of Union, 1607, Important Events 1763 – 1767, King George III, Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act of 1764, Currency Act, Stamp Act, taxes without representation, Declaration of Rights and Grievances, Non-importation agreements, Declaratory Act, Charles Townshend, Virginia Resolves, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts of 1774, First Continental Congress, Suffolk Resolves, Continental Association, April 1775, Second Continental Congress, Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, Olive Branch Petition, three way division of popular opinion, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson

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ORIGINS OF GOVERNMENT 4

New state constitutions, bicameral, unicameral, form of Bill of Rights, confederation, Richard Henry Lee, declaration of independence, federalism, weaknesses of articles, problems surfaced, Shay’s Rebellion and message, major weakness or articles, result of Revolutionary War, Northwest Ordinance of 1787, Bill of Rights’ guarantee, Constitutional Convention, main differences over type of government

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ORIGINS OF GOVERNMENT 5

George Washington, Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, Connecticut Compromise, 3/5 compromise, compromise on commerce and trade, philosophy, desire in creating government, sovereign & limited government, Constitution, Constitution effective, first state to ratify, constitutional arguments for and against, Federalist Papers, first president, American population then and now

200pts

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APPLIED GOVERNMENT

Government, laws, autocracy, monarchy, constitutional monarchy, dictatorship, oligarchy, democracy, representative democracy, three basic gov models w/distribution of power, federal government, United States Constitution, Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Petition of Rights, English Bill of Rights, Charles I & debt, Petition of Right(details), English Civil War, Charles I death, Stamp Act of 1765, Declaratory Act of 1766, Revolutionary War, Philadelphia 1787, Constitution

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THE U.S. CONSTITUTION 1

Three parts of Constitution, Goals stated in Preamble, Article I, Article II, Article III, Article IV, Article V, Article VI, Article VII, The Bill of Rights (know the amendments!), Amendments 11 – 27, 6 basic principles (describe each)

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U.S. CONSTITUTION 2

Constitution, powers of government, federalism, central government, national powers, expressed powers, implied powers

Assignment: Chart of division of powers

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3 U.S. CONSTITUTION

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RATIFICATION PROCESS

Formal Amendment Process, Informal AP, Legislative Implied Powers, Executive Implied Powers, Expressed Presidential Powers, Judicial Implied Powers, signing of Constitution, ratification, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, Constitutional arguments for, CA against, Thomas Jefferson, unalienable rights, rights of citizens, Article 6 section 2

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BILL OR RIGHTS DEBATE

Initial session of the first Congress, George Washington’s inaugural address, bill of attainder, section that prohibits it, intention of proposed amendments, anti-federalist concern, reason for adding Bill of Rights, # of states required for ratification, fourteenth state, 27^th amendment, Bill of Rights (know it)

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4 RATIFICATION & BILL OF RIGHTS

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AMENDMENTS 1

First ten Amendments, 11-27, goals stated in preamble, outline of the U.S. constitution, anti-federalists, inalienable rights, basic rights, 9^th amendment, protection from the federal government, misuse of power by King George III, petition, state power, tenth amendment, power of federal government (amendments), power of state governments, structure of the federal government

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AMENDMENTS 2

Amendment I, guarantee of the freedom of religion, freedom of speech and press, right to peacebly assemble, Amendment II, Amendment III, Amendment IV, Amendment V, capital crime, infamous crime, indictment, double jeopardy, due process, substantive due process, procedural due process, eminent domain, Amendment IV, impartial jury, Amendment VII, Common law, civil case, when trial by jury, Amendment VIII, bail, Amendment IX, rights not in constitution, Amendment X, reserved powers & importance

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