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AmHTG Midterm Summer 2013
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07/23/2013

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George Washington
Definition
trained by brother to be land surveyor
took information to the french that england declared war (7yrs war)
Surrendered at fort necessity
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George Washington
Definition
Leader of winning side at Battle of Trenton
Term
John Wycliffe
Definition
translated bible into english
said scriptures were greater than the pope (he must not talk to God if he didn't know the plague was coming)
lollards were followers
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Martin Luther
Definition
wrote 95 theses
excommunicated and outlawed
translated bible into german
attacked selling indulgences
Term
John Hus
Definition
Bohemian
Labeled of heretic and catholic church killed him with safe passage trick
attacked clergy and selling indulgences
Followers were hussites and taborites
Huge influence on martin luther
Term
Zwingly
Definition
At odds with martin luther who wouldn't form a new church
switzerland
anabaptist ??
thought reformation was too weak
Term
John Calvin
Definition
Humanist lawyer
wrote The Institutes of the Christian Religion
In England, followers called puritans
Term
3 churches founded by John Calvin
Definition
Presbyterianism, congregationalism, and reformed church
Term
french puritans
Definition
hugenots
Term
anglicanism
Definition
rose in the english reformation
had puritans intermixed
Term
zingly, calvin, luther
Definition
the contemporary reformationists with pope leo x
Term
church of england
puritans
separatists (pilgrims)
Definition
degrees of calvinism
Term
founded by john calvin
local church governed by church board elders who are elected
BOTTOM UP (our govt. modeled after this approach)
Definition
presbyterianism
Term
pattern described in new testament
not calvinists
LDS are like this (TOP DOWN)
Definition
episcopalean
Term
john calvin
Definition
believed in predestination
aspired for 'visible saints'
universal education proponent
right to create own govt.
all male members have equal vote
diligent work ethic
Term
oligarchy
Definition
govt. with power in family or group with wealth
Term
aristocracy
Definition
rule based on distinguished or wise ancestors or heritage
Term
tyranny
Definition
absolute power centralized in one person or small group
Term
arete
used by Madison
Definition
greek for virtue
which founding father used this term?
Term
sovereignty
Definition
power to choose
Term
James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton
Definition
Authors of the Federalist
Term
John Jay
Definition
First Chief Justice of the United States
Term
Alexander Hamilton and Patrick Henry
Definition
prominent founding fathers who refused nominations to be chief justice (2)
Term
John Jay
Definition
person who refused a second nomination as chief justice because he though it lacked prestige
Term
94
Definition
the number of federal district courts in the US
Term
13
Definition
the number of appellate courts in the US
Term
George Washington
Definition
leader of the federal convention/ constitutional convention
Term
smallpox blankets were given to native americans during the 7 years/ french and indian war
Definition
infected blankets with this disease was used on whom?
Term
David Hume
Definition
wrote in A TREATISE OF HUMAN NATURE about how laws should be modeled so that people can act in self interest and that will be obeying the law
americans need this because they don't have the innate drive to follow the law
this guy is a scottish philosopher contemporary to Locke
Term
Proclamation of 1763
Definition
colonists canot move west, those there must vacate,
British proclamation
Term
Treaty of Paris 1763
Definition
immediately following the French and Indian war, ended it
Term
Pontiacs Rebellion
Definition
Native American uprising, these types of things were hoped to be limited by the colonists not moving out west
Term
mercantilism
Definition
colony resources are taken for mother country use, end product sold back in the colony
Term
it was caused by the tea company dying
....
a monopoly was created
....
boston tea party
Definition
what was the tea act and what was cause and effect
Term
stamps for legal documents, dice, stamps for other paper goods like land grants, newspapers, and pamphlets
Definition
the items the stamp act was taxing
Term
Boston Tea Party
Definition
The sons of liberty did this defiant act that caused the intolerable acts to come down hard on the colonies
Term
Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Govt. Act, Administration of Justice Act, new Quartering Act, Quebec Act
.......
First Continental Congress happened in response
Definition
all were the Intolerable/ coercive acts
...... because of these acts, the colonists got together at the what?
Term
John WInthrop
Definition
man who had the notion of 'city on a hill'
Term
Periodic consent

from Filters of Consent
Definition
the opportunity to vote periodically and you have some say, so that means you agree to laws that govern you

David Hume
Term
Original consent

from Filters of Consent
Definition
by right of being or turning 18, you acknowledge that you are to abide by the law

David Hume
Term
generality
Definition
all laws must apply to broad categories of people, law can't single out individuals
Term
prospectivity
Definition
laws only apply going forward (no ex post facto)
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due process
Definition
justice is blind
Term
publicity
Definition
laws must be known or available and even little changes need to be advertized (you can't plead ignorance)
Term
breeds hill
Definition
where was the 'whites of their eyes' quote from in rvln?
Term
unknown who did this
Definition
first shot in rvln
Term
disease was the cause
Definition
the most death in the rvlnry war happened because of it
Term
Trenton
Definition
the first battle that washington won in the rvlnry war
Term
both sides of rvlnry war had this help
Definition
blacks fought during the war
Term
km., kaskaskia, vincennes battles
Definition
which battles were fought on the frontier
Term
replaced horatio gates in the war (voted by congress)
Definition
nathanael greene
Term
France
Definition
the greatest ally that america had during the rvlnry war
Term
Yorktown
Definition
the last battle of the rvlnry war
Term
British ally
Definition
The native americans west of the mississippi during the revolutionary war fought with whom?
Term
Poor RIchards Almanac
... the boat was Bohemian Richard ship..(?)
Definition
written by Ben Franklin, there was a boat named after this book.
Term
Benjamin Franklin
Definition
diplomat who secured French help during the revolutionary war
Term
pilgrims another name
Definition
separatists
Term
Baron von Steuben
Definition
the Prussian who saved many lives in the ___ war because of sanitation
Term
Daniel Morgan
Definition
the old wagonmaster, survived 499 lashes, a superb tactician at the battle of cowpen, and he had a group of sharpshooters called after his name
Term
George Washington
Definition
famous founding father who didn't sign the declaration of independence
Term
Henry Knox
Definition
american bookseller, chief artillery officer of continental army, later first secretary of war for the united states
Term
george rogers clark
Definition
highest ranking american military officer during the revolutionary war
Term
La Fayette
Definition
french military officer who volunteered to fight for the americans for free, was a major general, franklin recommended him to be aide-de-camp.
Term
Alexander Hamilton
Definition
george washington's assistant/ son
federalist
washington's cabinet- sec. of treasury
leader of federalist party
Term
Comte de Rochambeau
Definition
french aristocrat
fought in 7 yrs and rvlnry war
part of battle when cornwallis surrendered
Term
kentucky and vermont
Definition
these 2 states were thinking about realigning with the crown if they couldn't get let in to the United States
Term
pennsylvania
Definition
this state wouldn't provide military protection for congress of the constitutional convention who were threatened by past revolutionary soldiers seeking backpay
Term
George mason
Definition
refused to sign the constitution because it did not contain a declaration of rights
Term
James WIlson
Definition
Had the idea to elect the executive leaders instead of congress choosing them (helping separation of powers)
federalist
from pennsylvania
proposed the 3-5 compromise
Term
Thomas Jefferson
Definition
was not at the constitutional convention because he was in France negotiating a treaty
Term
tories
Definition
those staunch supporters of british rule
Term
patriots
Definition
those committed to total patriots
Term
Thomas Jefferson
Definition
principle author of the Declaration of Independence
Term
Second Treatise of Government
Locke
Definition
the document that the first and second paragraphs of the dec. of ind. models... and the author of this document
Term
hessians
Definition
german mercenaries who fought in the revolutionary war on the british side
Term
Thomas Paine
Definition
author of common sense
laid out the model for a radical democracy
Term
john adams, roger sherman, robert livingston, thomas jefferson, ben franklin
Definition
the members of the declaration committee
Term
john adams
Definition
author of thoughts on govt, which sketches out three branches of government instead of one legislative body (so this approach was opposite of common sense)
Term
George III
Definition
the person to whom the declaration of independence is addressed
Term
Henry Lee and George Mason
Definition
27 resolutions part of declaration of ind. (Inspired?) by who? (2)
Term
horatio gates
Definition
person who opposes the battle of trenton and wants to go to congress to take general washington's job
warned not to talk about the plan for trenton to anyone
Term
roger sherman
Definition
person who prompted the albany congress of union
Term
second continental congress
Definition
the group that ran the show during the revolutionary war
Term
William Patterson
Definition
proposed virginia plan
Term
Alexander Hamilton
Definition
proposed New Jersey Plan
Term
virginia plan
Definition
plan where representation in congress would be based on a state's population, the state governments would fall by the wayside mostly and the varying interests of each state would be represented
Term
new Jersey plan
Definition
plan where each state would have equal representation in congress because each state is a unified political body
Term
Benedict Arnold
Definition
Hero at saratoga but eventually turned traitor to the United States, so the boot monument is all that stands in the US of him today, where he is unnamed. Fought against Gate's orders.
Term
Comte de Rochambeau
Definition
French leader who was not under US command
Term
Treaty of Paris of 1783
Definition
location: versailles
end of the revolutionary war, we offered 10 million and British will leave
Term
soldiers payed by congress to stay around in money that they wouldn't accept for property taxes, veteran homes are foreclosing
Definition
factors leading to Shay's Rebellion, where they burned down courthouses
Term
_____ power in Congress originates in House and tried in the Senate
Definition
Impeachment power originates ____ and tried ______
Term
Jeanett Rankin
Definition
first woman in House
Term
mule story
Definition
Ben Franklin's property qualification story
Term
redistricting
Definition
the process of redrawing the boundaries of congressional districts
Term
gerrymandering
Definition
term that has to do with redistricting
the process (can be unlawful) of drawing oddly shaped congressional districts in order to preserve the political power of the majority party
Term
Clinton and Johnson
Definition
the two presidents that have been impeached
Term
Speaker of the House
Definition
the person who would be the next President if both the President and Vice President died
Term
majority
2/3
Definition
the power to impeach a president rests in ____ percentage
the power to remove a president requires ____ percentage
Term
dual citizenship
Definition
help by native americans in america (type of citizenship)
Term
Necessary and Proper Clause
Definition
the part of the constitution that has to do with implied powers of congress
Term
senate
Definition
deals with all things that have to do with treaties
Term
Korea and Vietnam
Definition
wars that never were actually declared as war (2)
Term
State Legislatures
Definition
In the Great Compromise, this group chose Senate representatives
Term
the people
Definition
In the Great Compromise, this group chose House representatives
Term
Rodger Sherman
Definition
put forth the Great Compromise
Term
bicameral legislation
Definition
the topic of the Great Compromise
Term
Hume idea, as written in Thoughts on Govt by John Adams
Definition
source of bicameralism notion
Term
Article 1 Section 2
Definition
Constitution section with House information
Term
435
Definition
number of members currently in the House
Term
House: 2 yrs
Senate: 6 yrs
Definition
Terms of office for congressmen
Term
1:30,000
Definition
original ratio of people to member of house of reps.
Term
Article 1 section 3
Definition
section of constitution about the house
Term
massachusetts
Definition
the first state to adopt a bicameral legislature during the war
Term
an indictment
Definition
an impeachment is essentially equivalent to
Term
3/5 compromise
Definition
the compromise relating to counting blacks as part of the population for representation and taxation
Term
20 years compromise
Definition
the agreement that the south would stop importing slaves in 20 years (not ending slavery, that wasn't talked about)
Term
Patrick Henry
Definition
Give me Liberty or give me Death
Anti Federalist
Pushed for Bill of RIghts after ratification
Term
house of burgesses
Definition
virginia state government that states modeled themselves after ... elected representatives
Term
president of the senate, only has a vote when there is a tie
Definition
the role that the VP also plays
Term
article 1 section 7
Definition
how laws are made is in what section of the constitution
Term
senate
Definition
the place where they fillibuster
Term
article 4 section 2
Definition
section of the constitution that talks about the fugitive slave compromise
Term
fugitive slave compromise
Definition
gave slave owners the right to pursue their run away slaves
Term
article 1 section 8
Definition
this section of the constitution deals with the power congress has to declare war, collect taxes, and includes the necessary and proper clause
Term
john adams
Definition
person who made the midnight appointments
Term
james madison
Definition
didn't deliver the midnight appointments
Term
9
Definition
number of supreme court justices in US
Term
5
Definition
number of utah court justices
Term
writ of certiorari
Definition
when supreme court asks for lower court records and want to take up a case on their own bidding, usually to make a statement about how they feel about that case
Term
change their own mind
amendment
Definition
2 ways for supreme court decision to change
Term
95
Definition
number of federal district courts
Term
12... 4 is special :)
Definition
number of court of appeals in the US... and utah's location
Term
guilt / innocence
Definition
the role of the district courts to decide
Term
not geographical, international business, territories, when circuit/ appeal courts both have jurisdiction and can't agree
Definition
purpose of the one extra court of appeals
Term
Roosevelt
Definition
president who tried to stack the supreme court
Term
article 2
Definition
the location in the constitution all about the executive branch
Term
article 3
Definition
the location in the constitution all about the judicial branch
Term
article 4
Definition
the location in the constitution all about how states should deal with one another (full faith and credit)
Term
article 5
Definition
the location in the constitution about amendments and ratifying amendments
Term
article 6
Definition
the location in the constitution about Debts and Oaths- Prof. Fish thinks that the integrity of this article is gone.
Term
article 7
Definition
the location in the constitution about how they would ratify the constitution
Term
virginia, NY, NJ, RI
Definition
the four states that wouldn't ratify the constitution right away
Term
Montesquieu
Definition
Wrote the Spirit of the Laws
argued for the idea of separation of powers
Term
john rolfe
Definition
saved the virginia colony from the starving time with the tobacco industry
married pocahantus
Term
1. in a state of nature there is no government
2. men create a social contract
3. governments only job is to protect people's natural rights
government exists by consent of teh governed
5. if government violates the social contract, the people have the right and duty to revolt
Definition
the 5 points from Locke's second treatise of government
Term
john smith
Definition
leader of the jamestown settlement in virginia
Term
corporate community
Definition
type of community that jamestown was
Term
covenant community
Definition
type of community that plymouth was
Term
covenant and corporate community
Definition
type of community that massachusetts bay as
Term
william bradford
Definition
leader of pilgrims
Term
john winthrop
Definition
leader of the puritans
Term
adam smith
Definition
author of wealth of nations
put down mercantilism
Term
Robert Brown
Definition
leader of the pilgrims (separatist movement) back in england that taught the separation from the church of Englad
Term
Samuel Adams
Definition
organized Boston Tea Party
anti- federalist
Term
paul revere
Definition
Patriot
helped organize an intelligence and alarm system
messenger in battles of lexington and concord
Term
joseph warren
Definition
son of liberty
had highest govt. position during the revolutionary war (president of the massachusetts provincial congress, appointed major general by them, died in battle.
Term
samuel prescott
Definition
actually delivered the message to concord (not paul revere)
Term
samuel adams and john hancock
Definition
british were searching for these men during lexington and concord
Term
John Paul Jones
Definition
scottish- fled to america
added a jones to his last name to escape a reputation that he was cruel
called ship bon homme richard to honor ben franklin's poor richard's almanac
Term
Edmund Randolph
Definition
refused to sign the constitution (wanted bill of rights)but later persuaded virginia to ratify it
Term
james madison
Definition
father of the constitution
4th president
helped create the democratic republican party
Term
Alexis De Tocqueville
Definition
toured america
wrote Democracy in America
Term
Old Northwest
Definition
land granted because of george rogers clark from great britain
Term
theocracy
Definition
religious leaders in charge of govt
Term
social contract
Definition
the agreement that the people have with govt- like minded pepple write laws that only those like minded people will agree with
Term
anarchy
Definition
lack of govt
Term
common law
Definition
law from natural law precedented in earlier court cases (application)
Term
natural law
Definition
law said by greeks that is innate sense of right and wrong, resides in human heart
Term
natural rights
Definition
govt is bound to protect these, they are granted by nature
Term
habeas corpus
Definition
protection against arbitrary arrest
sometimes called great writ
officer has to show prisoner why under arrest
Term
preamble
Definition
explains reasons for the passage of a constitution or statute
Term
article 1 section 9
Definition
section of the constitution that banned the importation of slaves
Term
bill of attainder
Definition
punishes a person without trial
Term
bacon's rebellion
Definition
jamestown was burned
Term
enumeration
Definition
the written listing of the powers of the government
Term
cloture
Definition
motion to end debate on a bill if 60 senators support it
Term
impost
Definition
import taxes or general taxes
Term
grand jury
Definition
decides if there is enough evidence for indictment
Term
plurality
Definition
receiving the largest percentage of the votes
Term
majority
Definition
more than 50%
Term
prima facie
Definition
case that looks open and shut to a grand jury- easy indictment with sufficient evidence
Term
polis
Definition
city or city state governed by its citizens
Term
congressional district record
Definition
non official publication of speeches,, correspondence, etc from the house of legislation
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