https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay vocabulary en-us 2017-11-06 19:28:41 UTC 2023-05-25 06:36:28 UTC hello@padlet.com anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204081653 one of several extra-legal legislative bodies established in some of the Thirteen Colonies early in the American Revolution. ]]> 2017-11-06 19:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204081653 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082055  a government wherein all the attributes of sovereignty have, by usurpation, been transferred from those who had been legally invested with them to others, who, sustained by a power above the forms of law, claim to act and do really act in their stead.]]> 2017-11-06 19:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082055 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082145 The Articles of Confederation, formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution. ]]> 2017-11-06 19:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082145 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082297 Henry Laurens was an American merchant, slave trader, and rice planter from South Carolina who became a political leader during the Revolutionary War.]]> 2017-11-06 19:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082297 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082405 Charles Pinckney was an American politician who was a signer of the United States Constitution, the 37th Governor of South Carolina, a Senator and a member of the House of Representatives]]> 2017-11-06 19:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082405 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082500 Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Massachusetts during 1786 and 1787.]]> 2017-11-06 19:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082500 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082607 Columbia is the capital city of South Carolina.]]> 2017-11-06 19:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082607 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082711 A compromise was reached by stating that Congress could not prohibit the slave trade until 1808, but imported slaves could be taxed.]]> 2017-11-06 19:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082711 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082812 A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, allowing for much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.]]> 2017-11-06 19:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082812 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082911  a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch.]]> 2017-11-06 19:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204082911 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204083023  a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787.]]> 2017-11-06 19:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204083023 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204083239 was an agreement that both large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution ]]> 2017-11-06 19:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204083239 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204083393 The executive is the organ exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state. ]]> 2017-11-06 19:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204083393 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204083483 United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives.]]> 2017-11-06 19:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204083483 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204083596 The judiciary is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state.]]> 2017-11-06 19:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204083596 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204083721 a compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. ]]> 2017-11-06 19:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204083721 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204083878 issue over whether congress could regulate trade, Northern States said they could, The Southern States said they couldn't, The outcome was that Congress could regulate trade, No export tax, and No limit on slave trade for 20 years.]]> 2017-11-06 19:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204083878 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204084018 the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid]]> 2017-11-06 19:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204084018 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204084117  The supporters of the proposed Constitution called themselves "Federalists." Their adopted name implied a commitment to a loose, decentralized system of government.]]> 2017-11-06 19:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204084117 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204084235 Anti-Federalism refers to a movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.]]> 2017-11-06 19:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204084235 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204549880 Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.]]> 2017-11-07 19:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204549880 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204549965 Popular sovereignty, or the sovereignty of the people's rule, is the principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people.]]> 2017-11-07 19:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204549965 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204550173 Federalism is the mixed or compound mode of government, combining a general government with regional governments in a single political system.]]> 2017-11-07 19:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204550173 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204550284 The principle of separation of powers states that the executive, legislative, and judiciary powers of government should be divided into different branches and not concentrated in one.]]> 2017-11-07 19:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204550284 anthonyjennings https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204550348  That was an important decision because it gave specific powers to each branch and set up something called checks and balances]]> 2017-11-07 19:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyjennings/vzndcbdtjtay/wish/204550348