aliens

alliances

allies

ambassadors

ambition

amending process

American confederacies

American confederation (States under Articles of Confederation)

Americans

Amphictyon, confederation

anarchy

Annapolis meeting, Sept 1786

anti-Federalists

apathy

appointments

apportion

appropriations

aristocracy

arms

army

arsenals

Articles of Confederation

Articles of Confederation, defects

Asia

assembly

Athens

attachments

attainder, bills of

authority, governmental

 

balance of power

bankruptcy

bases, military

bear arms

behavior

bias

Bible

bicameral congress

bill of rights

bills of attainder

bills of credit

black market trade

Blackstone, William

border

borrow money

branches of government

budget

 

Canada

capital, federal

Carthage

census

character

checks and balances

China, imports

circular reasoning

citizen

civil officers

civil rights

civil war

classes, social

clichés

coin, security regulation

colonies

commander-in-chief

commerce

confederacies

confederate republic

Confederation, American

Congress

Congress of 1774

Congressional Meeting, Feb 1787

congressmen

Connecticut

conspiracies

Constitution

Constitutional Convention 1787

constitutional convention, future

constructive powers

consuls, ministers

consumption tax

“contributions” 

copyright

corruption

counterfeiting

courts

credit, consumer

credit

Crete

crisis

crown lands

currency

cycles, in human affairs

 

danger

debts, national

Declaration of Independence

defendant’s rights

defense

Delaware

democracy, pure

dictators

diplomats

distance effects voters’ interest

District of Columbia

disunited States

domestic policy

duties

duty

 

economic issues

Egypt, ally of ancient Greece

elections

electoral college

emergencies

emotions when making political decisions

employees, federal

enemies

energy (efficiency) in government,

equality/unequal

equity

ethics

Europe

executive branch

expenses, government’s

experience

ex post facto laws

 

factions

federal government

Federalist Papers

Federalists, character of

federal powers, 6 categories of

federal vs. State governments

“feelings” of citizens

“felony” definition

feudal system

foreign currency

foreign nations

forts

Founding Fathers

France

 

“general welfare” clause

Georgia

Germany, confederacy

God

government, general principles

government’s objectives, purposes

Great Britain

Greek republics, ancient

Grotius

group behavior

 

habeas corpus

happiness

history, inattention to

Holland

House of Commons

House of Lords

House of Representatives

human behavior, motivated by:

human nature

Hume’s Essays, “Rise of Arts and Sciences”

 

impeachment

import duties

India

Indian Nations (tribes)

industrialists

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

interstate commerce

Ireland, elections

Italian states

 

Jefferson, Thomas

judges

judicial branch

jury trial

justice

 

knowledge important

 

Lacedaemonia

land grants

language

law of nations

laws, legislation

laws of nations

leaders

learn from history

legislation

legislation for States

legislative branch, federal government

letters of marque

lex loci

liberty

“local” government, people partial to

Locrians

Lycia

Lysander

 

Mably, Abbe’

Macedonia

Magna Charta

majority

majority vs. super majority

manufacturers

marque, letters of

Maryland

Massachusetts

mathematical theorems

merchants

military

military, peacetime

militia

Milot, Abbe’

ministers, public

minority

Mississippi

monarch, monarchy

money

monopoly

Montesquieu

morals, morality

multiculturalism

 

nations, law of

national government

national vs. State governments

national wealth

naturalized citizens

nature, law of

naval ports

navy

Great Britain

“necessary and proper” clause

negative pregnant

Netherlands

neutrality

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

nobility titles

North Carolina

“Notes on … Virginia”

 

objectives of government

officials

oligarchy

opinions

opponents

oppression

Ottoman empire

 

pardons

partisan politics, political parties

passions

patent

patriots, patriotism

peace

peacetime military

Peloponnesian War

Pennsylvania

people, American

Petition of Right

piracies

Plato

Poland, confederac

policy, national government

political

politics, all local

politicians

poll taxes

popular government

population

ports, naval

Portugal

posse comitatus

post offices

power

preamble of Constitution

President

press  

private rights

“privileges and immunities”

property

prosperity

prudence

psychology

 public good, public welfare, public

public  records

purpose of government

 

qualifications

quotas and requisitions

 

ratification

reapportionment

reason, logic, rationality

reasoning vs. passion

rebellions

regulations

religion, religious

representatio

Representatives (members of the U.S. House of Representatives)

republic

requisitions

residency

respect, esteem, admiration, dignity, integrity, reputation

responsibility

revenue, government’s

revolt,

Revolutionary War

Rhode Island,

rights

rivalry

roads

Rome

rulers

 

safety

seas (high)

security

security, personal

sedition

self government

Senate (federal)

Senators (members of United States Senate

separation of powers

Shay’s

size of Union

slaves, slavery

smuggling,

social classes

Socrates

South Carolina

sovereignty

Spain

Sparta

special interests

spin, political

spiritual references

stable government

standing army

state of the union,

States disunite

States, large

State legislatures

States, small

States, State governments

State vs. federal governments

suffrage

Supreme Court

supreme law of the land

Sweden

 “sweeping clause”

Switzerland,

Syria,

 

taxation, taxes

temptations

term limits, presidential

territories, United States

titles, nobility

treason

treasury, U.S.

treaties

trust/distrust

truth

tyranny, tyrants

 

Union, States should stay united

United Nations

United Netherlands, confederacy

United States of America

usurpation

 

Venice

Vermont, dispute over territory

veto

Vice President

Virginia 

virtue

voters

 

“Wag the Dog”

war

Washington, D.C.

weakness in government.

wealth

wealth, national

weights and measures

welfare

West Indies

wisdom

Wolsey, Cardinal

Wyoming, dispute over territory