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What is a system of government in which voters elect representatives t make laws for them?
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Representative Government
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A nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them is a....
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Republic
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What was the first representative assembly in the new world?
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House of Burgesses
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What are the 3 branches of government?
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Legislative, Judicial, and Executive branches
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What is the system set up ny the constitution in which each branch has the power to check, or control, the actions of other branches?
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Checks and Balances
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.......is the freedom of private business to operate for profit with minimal government regulations.
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Free Enterprise
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What is the sharing of power between states and the national government?
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Federalism
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..... is a system in which each branch of government has its own powers.
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Seperation of Powers
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..... is the political theory that government is subject to the will of the people.
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Popular Soverignty
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....means to change
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amend
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