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The right to life, liberty, and property; Natural Rights
believed to be given by God; no
government may take them away.
A theory on how people might have State of Nature
lived before societies came into
existence.
The requirement that Due Process
government, when dealing with
people, have in place a fair
procedure which it equally
applies to all.
An agreement between people and Social Contract
government in which citizens
consent to be governed so long as
the government
protects their natural rights.
Coherent philosophies about the Political Ideologies
structure, power, and purpose of
government.
A lawmaking body that consists of Bicameral Legislature
two separate chambers.
An election in which the winner is Popular Vote
determined by the number of
individual votes obtained.
A plan for a two-house legislature; Virginia Plan
representatives would be elected
to the lower house based on
each state's
population; representatives for the
upper house would be chosen by
the lower house.
, A plan that called for a one-house New Jersey Plan
national legislature; each state
would receive one vote.
Also known as the Connecticut Great Compromise
Compromise. A compromise
between the Virginia Plan and
the New Jersey Plan that created
a bicameral legislature;
representation based on
population in the House of
Representatives and equal
representation of states in the
Senate.
A compromise between Three-Fifths Compromise
northern and southern states
that called for counting of all a
state's free population and 60
percent of its slave population
for both federal
taxation and representation in
Congress.
The power of the president to reject Veto
a law proposed by Congress.
A system that allows one branch of Checks and Balances
government to limit the exercise
of power by another branch;
requires the different parts of
government to work together..