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1. Representative Government- The idea that people should have a say in their own government.
2. Limited Government- The belief that government should be subject to strict limits on the lawful use of power.
3. Individual Rights- The belief that government should protect individual and property rights.

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1. English Bill of Rights:
The English Bill of Rights is an act that the Parliament of England passed on December 16, 1689. The bill creates separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, enhances the Democratic election and bolsters freedom of speech.
-Fundamental Orders of Connecticut:
1. A set of laws that limited the power of government and gave all free men the right to choose people to serve as judges.

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-Proprietary Colony:
1. Based on a grant of land by the English monarch to a proprietor, an individual or a group who financed the start of the colony.
-Royal Colonies:
1. These were directly controlled by the king through an appointed governor. In time each royal colony had a two-house legislature. Members of the lower house were elected, but the king appointed members to the upper house.
-Charter Colonies:
1. Operated under charters agreed to by the colony and the king. Charter colonies enjoyed the most independence from the Crown.

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1. A phrase, generally attributed to James Otis about 1761, that reflected the resentment of American colonists at being taxed by a British Parliament to which they elected no representatives and became an anti-British slogan before the American Revolution; in full, “Taxation without representation is tyranny.”

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1. Sugar Act (1764)
2. Currency Act (1751 and 1764)
3. Stamp Act (1765)
4. Quartering Act (1765)
5.Townshend Acts (1767)
6. Boston Massacre (1770)
7. Tea Act (1773)
8. Boston Tea Party (1773)
9. Intolerable Acts (1774)

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The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The president of Congress was Peyton Randolph (first) and Samuel Huntington (last). It was established May 10, 1775. Secretary was Charles Thomson. It disbanded March 1, 1781.

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John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and Roger Sherman of Connecticut.

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Who wrote most of the document and where did he get his inspiration?

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Who wrote most of the document and where did he get his inspiration?

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Thomas Jefferson used the thoughts first penned by John Locke while writing the Declaration of Independence. The phrase "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness," was an idea first considered by Locke in his Two Treatises on Government.

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Anti-Federalists were those who opposed the development of a strong federal government and the ratification of the Constitution in 1788, preferring instead for power to remain in the hands of state and local governments.

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The Federalists wanted a strong government and strong executive branch, while the anti-Federalists wanted a weaker central government.

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1. Popular Sovereignty-  Principle says that government can exist and function only with the consent of the governed. The people hold power and the people are sovereign.
2. Limited Government-  The powers delegated to government were granted reluctantly and hedged with many restrictions.
3. Civil Rights and Liberties- In every State it was made clear that the sovereign people held certain rights that the government must respect at all times. Seven of the new constitutions contained a bill of rights, setting out the "unalienable rights" held by the people.
4. Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances- The powers granted to the new State governments were purposely divided among three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. Each branch was given powers with which to check (restrain the actions of) the other branches of the government.

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The Federalists did not want a bill of rights —they thought the new constitution was sufficient.

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Events that led to the repeal of the AOC

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Events that led to the repeal of the AOC

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Shays' Rebellion (sometimes spelled "Shays's") was an armed uprising in Massachusetts (mostly in and around Springfield) during 1786 and 1787. American Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays led four thousand rebels (called Shaysites) in a protest against perceived economic and civil rights injustices.

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1. Virginia Plan-  Virginia delegate James Madison's plan of government, in which states got a number of representatives in Congress based on their population.
2. New Jersey Plan- Opposite of the Virginia Plan, it proposed a single-chamber congress in which each state had one vote. This created a conflict with representation between bigger states, who wanted control befitting their population, and smaller states, who didn't want to be bullied by larger states.

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The Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, the Great Compromise of 1787, or the Sherman Compromise, was an agreement made between large and small states which partly defined the representation each state would have under the United States Constitution, as well as in legislature. It occurred in 1787. The Connecticut Compromise resulted from a debate among delegates on how each state could have representation in the Congress.

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The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise reached among state delegates during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. Whether, and if so, how, slaves would be counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxing purposes was important, as this population number would then be used to determine the number of seats that the state would have in the United States House of Representatives for the next ten years. The compromise solution was to count three out of every five slaves as a person for this purpose.

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Under the Articles of Confederation, the US national government essentially consisted of the Continental Congress and nothing else.

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Under the Articles, the states, not Congress, had the power to tax. Congress could raise money only by asking the states for funds, borrowing from foreign governments, or selling western lands. In addition, Congress could not draft soldiers or regulate trade. There was no provision for national courts.

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According to the Constitution, the national government is obligated to (a) guarantee each state a republican form of government, (b) protect each state from invasion, and (c) when asked by the state legislature - or executive if the legislature is not in session - to protect the state against "domestic violence."

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The federal government, under the Articles, was too weak to enforce their laws and therefore had no power. The Continental Congress had borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War and could not repay their debts.