Sp23 Unit 1 Exam Am Gov

Legislative

• First unified colonial protest and succeeded in getting Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act
• supporters of the Constitution
• type of government wherein the legislature chooses the executive which is part of the legislature and under it's control
• the power to make laws

Executive

• absolute power within a territory to decide domestic and foreign policies
• Came to power in 1760; changed policies: expanded and enforced laws to control colonial trade, passed new taxes
• the power to enforce laws
• Became America's first national government

Judicial

• the power to interpret laws and settle disputes
• People are the only source for all governmental power; the government rules through leaders elected by the people to represent the people
• Each branch of government can monitor and limit the power of the other two
• supporters of the Constitution

Dictatorship

• the power to make laws
• type of government wherein the legislature chooses the executive which is part of the legislature and under it's control
• type of government in which all power is held by one person or group
• Sets the rules for admitting new states

Democracy

• Theory that holds that God created the state, making it sovereign and the rulers are chosen by God
• type of government in which all power is held by the people
• the people elect agents who make and carry out the laws. These representatives rule with the consent of the governed and can be removed by the people at election time.
• Powers not based on the constitution, and are instead necessary for all states. Includes things like acquiring territory, defending the nation, regulating immigration, and conducting diplomacy.

Population

• Theory that says that a population formed out of primitive families, the heads of which became the government.
• System based on private ownership, individual initiative, profit, and competition.
• The people within a state. These can be large or small, diverse or homogenous
• type of government in which all power is held by the people

Territory

• absolute power within a territory to decide domestic and foreign policies
• Came to power in 1760; changed policies: expanded and enforced laws to control colonial trade, passed new taxes
• Powers not based on the constitution, and are instead necessary for all states. Includes things like acquiring territory, defending the nation, regulating immigration, and conducting diplomacy.
• land with known and recognized boundaries

Sovereignty

• Theory that says that a population formed out of primitive families, the heads of which became the government.
• land with known and recognized boundaries
• Compromise between an all-powerful central government and an independent state government; corrected the weaknesses of the Articles without going too far
• absolute power within a territory to decide domestic and foreign policies

Government

• political organization to make and enforce its policies
• supporters of the Constitution
• Counted each slave as three-fifths of a person when figuring representation in Congress.
• the people elect agents who make and carry out the laws. These representatives rule with the consent of the governed and can be removed by the people at election time.

Force Theory

• Theory that holds that an individual or group claims control over a territory and forces the population to submit.
• No national court system, Congress powerless to levy taxes, one vote per state regardless of size
• the power to interpret laws and settle disputes
• Theory that holds that God created the state, making it sovereign and the rulers are chosen by God