QOD 10313 What is the US National Anthem

QOD 10/3/13 What is the US National Anthem? What is the Saudi Arabia National Anthem? What is the UK National Anthem? What is the Chinese National Anthem? (just for giggles…which song above sounds remarkably like “America the Beautiful? ”)

Unit I Vocabulary GET READY!!!

Government • The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies

State • A body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically (with government), and with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority

Confederation • An alliance of independent states

Limited Government • Gov’t that is restricted in what it may do and each individual has certain rights that gov’t cannot take away

Representative Government • Gov’t should serve the will of the people; people should have a voice in the gov’t

Magna Carta • the great charter • King john (England) Forced to sign by barons • Included fundamental rights: trial by jury, due process of law, protection against the arbitrary taking of life, liberty, and property

Petition of Rights • Charles I (England) • Limited the king’s power • King no longer imprison or punish any person by lawful judgment of his peers • Challenged divine right of kings

English Bill of Rights • William & Mary • Glorious revolution • Prohibited a standing army in peacetime, except with the consent of parliament, and free elections

Charter (Charter Colonies) • A written grant of authority from a king • Largely self – governing; CT and RI were the only 2 colonies

Proprietary (Proprietor Colonies) • Organized by a proprietor, a person to whom the king had made a grant of land – Maryland – lord Baltimore – Pennsylvania – William Penn – Delaware – William Penn

Delegate • Members of Congress who cast their votes based on the wishes of their constituents; Representatives

Albany Plan of Union • B. Franklin proposed the formation of an annual congress of delegates from each of the 13 colonies • Has the power to raise a military and navy, war and peace with the Native Americans, regulate trade, tax, and collect custom duties

Articles of Confederation • Established a firm league of friendship among the States; each state kept sovereignty, freedom, and independence

Ratification • Formal approval

Framers • Group of delegates who attended the Philadelphia convention

Virginia Plan • representation based solely on population

New Jersey Plan • states should be equally represented

Connecticut Compromise • Agreement that congress should be composed of two houses; smaller Senate (states are equal) and larger House (State Population) • Great compromise

Three – Fifths Compromise • Free person were counted, 3/5 ths of the “other persons”

Commerce & Slave Trade Compromise • Congress was forbidden the power to tax the export of goods from any state

Federalists • People who favored ratification of the constitution • James Madison, Alexander Hamilton

Anti – Federalists • Opposed ratification of the constitution • Patrick Henry, john Hancock, Samuel Adams