Unicameral, mixed government, bicameral, suffrage, electoral college, cabinet, speculators, national debt, assumption, factions, party system, ‘states’ rights Unicameral: One-house legislature with compete power. Mixed government: John Adam’s 1776 plan called for three branches of government, each representing one function. Created to maintain a balance of power. Bicameral: A two-house assembly, usually a house of representatives, and a senate, suggest by John Adams in his Thoughts on Government. Suffrage: The right to vote. In early, national period suffrage was limited by property restrictions. Electoral College: A group of electoral, chosen state by state, to vote for president and vice according to the majority of popular cast votes. Cabinet: George Washington organized bureaucratic departments to carry out the work of the executive branch and appointed secretaries to run those departments in 1788. Speculators: Someone who enters a market to buy and then resell at a higher price with sole goal of making money. National debt: Alexander Hamilton believed that drawing on this source of capital to finance government would create ties of loyalty between the government and the business community. Assumption: Factions: A small political group or alliance organized around a single issue or person Party System: An organized political body with specific ideologies or interests, established with the goal of organizing the electorate and directing the policies of a government. Key Events and Historical Figures: Identify the historical significance of term Popular sovereignty, Shays’s Rebellion, Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, Antifederalists, Federalist, national bank, Jay’s Treaty, Alien & Sedition Acts, XYZ Affair Popular sovereignty: Is the belief that the legitimacy of the state is created by the will or consent of its people, who are the source of all political power. Shay’s Rebellion: Was an armed uprising in central and western MA. Virginia Plan: Was a proposal by VA delegates, drafted by James Madison. Was notable for its role in setting the overall agenda in the convention and, setting forth the idea of population weighted representation in the proposed National Legislature. New Jersey Plan: Was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government proposed by William Paterson at the Philadelphia convention and was created to a response to the Virginia’s Plan call for 2 houses of congress. Antifederalists: Political philosophy which opposes the concept of Federalism, dictate that the central governing authority of a nation or inferior to that, but not having more power than, its sub-nation states. Federalist: American political party, formed by Alexander Hamilton. National Bank: “central bank†Jay’s Treaty: Was a treated between the United States and Great Britain which averted war.
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