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25 Cards in this Set
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Written agreement to make and obey laws
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compact
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What Roger Williams put in the charter of Rhode Island
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religious freedom
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To approve
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ratification
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Traditions passed down to us from generation to generation
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heritage
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Direct democracy comes from the ________
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Greeks
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Stated the reason for the colonies leaving England
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Declaration of Independence
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A right American colonist were used to having ________
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voice in government
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The trial of John Peter Zenger concerned this right
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Freedom of the press
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Form of government in which the laws are made directly by the people
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direct democracy
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Rights we are born with and the government can't take away
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natural rights
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Listed the rights of all English citizens
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English Bill of Rights
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Put out the idea of separation of powers
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Montesquieu
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Signed by the English King in 1215 to reduce his powers
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Magna Carta
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Government representatives are elected to make laws
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republic
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Document giving permission to create a government
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charter
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1st representative government in America in 1619
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Virginia
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!st government of the U.S.
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Articles of Confederation
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A republic comes from the ________
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Romans
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Religious freedoms applies only in this in colonies
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Christian churches
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Dividing the government power among different branches of government
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separation of powers
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Who gained rights under the Magna Carta
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nobles
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Represented the King and English government in the colonies
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royal governor
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Group of people chosen to make laws
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legislature
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States government exists to serve the people
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John Locke
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Abuse of power
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tyranny
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