All Classes

Today we read an article on The Federalist Papers

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All Classes - Complete Key Terms and questions 1-3 on page 118

Work on the Boston Gazette

Chapter 4 Test Monday November 17

Study Guide

Heritage- traditions passe down from generation to generation
Direct democracy - government in which laws are made directly by citizens
Ratification - approval
Tyranny- abuse of power
Legislature - a group of people chosen to make laws
Separation of powers - dividing government power among three branches of government
Charter - a document granting permission to set up a colonial government
Compact - a written agreement to make and obey laws for the group's welfare
Natural rights - people are born with these, and the government cannot take them away
Shays' Rebellion - an uprising in Massachusetts
Declaration of Independence - the document that outlined the reasons for separation for Britain
Articles of Confederation - created a loose alliance of 13 states
John Locke - believed that all men had natural rights and that the people had to right to alter or abolish their government
Baron de Montesquieu - separation of powers
What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Where did direct democracy begin?

Today we began writing our 5 paragraph essay on the ideals of the Declaration.

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