POLITICAL SCIENCE 1113
American Federal Government

Study guide for first exam:

Colonial background in American government
            types of colonies
            types of colonial governments

Intercolonial relations
            problems
            Albany Plan
            Committees of Correspondence 

Colonial break with England
            Declaration of Independence- -Thomas Jefferson
            Social contract theories- -John Locke; Thomas Hobbes

Articles of Confederation
            strengths/weaknesses

Changing colonial situation
            Annapolis Convention- -Alexander Hamilton; Shay's Rebellion

Philadelphia Convention
            George Washington
            Virginia Plan- -James Madison
            New Jersey Plan- -William Patterson
            Connecticut Compromise
                        structure and provisions of the Constitution

Ratification
            Federalists
                        Federalists Papers- -James Madison; Alexander Hamilton; John Jay
            Anti-Federalists
                        Letters of a Federalist Farmer- -Richard Henry Lee
                        Patrick Henry
                        “John DeWitt”
                        “Centinel”
                        “Cato”

Federalism----division of powers----10th amendment
                        enumerated powers
                        states’ rights (reserved or residual powers)
                        implied powers
            unitary system
            confederation



Identification terms for first exam: 

politics                                                  Philadelphia Convention
federalism                                             Virginia Plan
confederation                                        New Jersey Plan
unitary system                                       Connecticut Compromise
inalienable rights                                    Founding Father
state of nature                                        Montesquieu
natural law                                             Spirit of the Laws
civil society                                            restricted suffrage
social contract/compact                          proportional representation
John Locke                                            equal representation
Thomas Hobbes                                     three-fifths compromise
constitutionalist                                       Federalists
checks and balances                               Federalist Papers
separation of powers                                       Alexander Hamilton
Privy Council                                                   James Madison Publius
bicameral                                                         John Jay
unicameral                                              Anti-Federalist
Annapolis Convention                             Anti-Federalist Papers
Albany Plan                                                     Richard Henry Lee
Articles of Confederation                                 Patrick Henry
 Shay's Rebellion                                              “Centinel”
 Jim Crow laws                                                “John DeWitt”
            literacy tests                                 Thomas Jefferson
             poll taxes                                    George Washington
             grandfather clauses                     quorum
Coleman v. Miller                                                
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch V. Maryland
necessary and proper clause               
judicial interpretation
enumerated powers                               
residual (reserved) powers
implied powers
states rights
national supremacy