PO225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Connecticut Compromise, First Continental Congress, Moral Authority
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Who are we: the answer to this question is always changing, however, the constitution provides the. The constitution ground rules for all the changes made. It organizes our political life: the declaration of independence sets out the ideas behind america, The constitutions roots: no nation in the eighteenth century had anything like the american constitution. Indentured servant a colonial american settler contracted to work for a fixed period (usually three to seven years) in exchange for food, shelter, and transportation to the. New world: compact a mutual agreement that provides for joint action to achieve defined goals, covenant a compact invoking religious or moral authority. The conflict very quickly escalated: americans fought an unusual revolution: rather than demanding new rights, they were trying to preserve rights and economic interests they had long been exercising. American government: the first part of the de(cid:272)laratio(cid:374) features five ideal that su(cid:373) up the (cid:374)atio(cid:374)"s politi(cid:272)al principles.
