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18 Cards in this Set
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Representative Government
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A political system in which power is exercised by elected leaders who work in the interests of people
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Rule of Law
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The principle that government is based on clear and fairly enforced laws and that no one is above law
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Limited Government
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A political system in which the powers exercised by the government are restricted usually by a written constitution
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Individual Rights
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The rights and liberties that can be claimed by individuals by virtue of being human. such rights are also sometimes referred to as natural or human
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Separations of Powers
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The idea that the powers of a government should be split between two or more strongly independent branches to prevent any one person or group from going too much power
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Popular Sovereignty
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The principle that the people are ultimate source of the authority and legitimacy of a government
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Constitutionalism
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The belief that government should operate according to an agree set of principles which are usually spelled out a written constitution
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Majority Rule
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The idea that decisions approved by more than half of the people in a group or society will be accepted and observed by all of the people
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Natural Law
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A human law
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Charter
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A written grant of authority
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Natural Rights
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Rights that all people have by virtue of behind human
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Compact
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An agreement for the governor of the new colony
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Militias
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A group of armed citizens to defend their rights
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Unalienable Rights
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Individual rights as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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Ratification
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A formal approval
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Bicameral
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Two house legislative
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Federalists
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They favor the creation of a strong federal government
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Anti-Federalists
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These people preferred the loose association of state established under the Article of Conderation
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