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Definition of Government
The procedure and institutions of people ruling themselves.
Definition of politics
Process by which people should govern what politics should be adopted

Definition of Political Science

The study of principles, procedures and structures of government and the analysis of political ideas, institutions, behaviors and practices


What is Oligarchy?
Examples of governed by the few.
Governmental authority get that authority as a result of winning free and relatively frequent elections is called what?
A constitutional democracy,
The single most important value in American history has been?
Personal liberty
What is majority rule?

Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority,


Majority Majority!!!

Structural characteristics of the U,S, constitutional system include the executive branch. the judicial branch and what type of congress?

Bicameral House

Know the problems with the articles of confederation
All of the above
Shays Rebellion was an uprising by farmers in western Massachusetts protesting mortgage foreclosures.
Shays Rebellion
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention can best be described as;
All white land owners
In a balanced government whose interest are foremost?
No single interest dominates

What was the Connecticut Compromise

Large and small states.