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Direct Democracy
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A system of government in which an assembly of ordinary citizens makes decisions.
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Jury
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A panel of citizens who make judgements in a trial.
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Republic
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A system of government in which the people choose representatives who govern in their name.
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Legislature
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A group of people who have the power to make laws.
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Bill of Rights
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A written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect.
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Habeas Corpus
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The principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime.
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Cartographer
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A map maker.
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Christopher Columbus
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An Italian sailor, that believed that sailing across the Atlantic Ocean would provide a quicker way to reach Asia than by going south around Africa.
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Colony
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A group of people who settle Ina new place but are ruled by the government of their native land.
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Plantation
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A large estate farmed by many workers.
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