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| a nation's language, religion, ethics, laws, and arts. a nation's way of life. |
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| America's primary cultural influence, rooted in Judaism and Christianity. |
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| the idea that work is a gift from God and a means of glorifying Him. |
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| the government leaves individuals free to own businesses and make a living dependent on their own initiative |
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| the American economic system by which the means of production and distribution (land, factories, railroads, etc.) are privately owned and operated. |
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| anything that helps people remember a past event. |
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| our loyalty, our support, and our devotion to duty. |
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| the official patriotic song or hymn of a country. |
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| those characteristics and raditions that have been handed down to us by our ancestors. |
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| General Daniel "Chappie" James |
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| the first black American in the history of the United States armed forces to achieve the rank of four-star general. |
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| wrote the pledge of allegiance. |
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| wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner." |
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| a love for one's country and a loyalty to that country. |
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| a government that exercises its powers under restrictions, usually by means of a constitution. |
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| the spirit of patriotism that we feel for our great nation. "the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood." |
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| the promotion of one's own nation and government regardless of moral considerations. |
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| the authority and power to control, to direct, and to rule the actions and affairs of others |
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| having supreme power over all nations, rulers, and individuals |
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| the first foundational civil ordinance |
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| rules people follow in living together |
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| the law code of a Babylonian king who was a contemporary of the Hebrew patriarchs |
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| the true principles of morality, the basic rules of right and wrong and of good and evil |
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| law given by God explicitly in the Holy Scripture |
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| law discernible by all men as image-bearers of God by virtue of the "work of the law written in their hearts" |
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| a system of government in which God Himself rules personally or through chosen representatives |
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| the rule by one whose will is supreme |
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| the people rule, either directly by popular vote or indirectly through elected representatives |
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| totalitarian dictatorship |
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| dictatorship controlling all aspects of society |
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| a system of government control over the economy of a nation |
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| a form of socialism in which all power is vested in a dictator and a single political party; allows for total government control of all political, economic, cultural, religious, and social activities |
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| a totalitarian dictatorship by one or more persons that advocates the violent, revolutionary overthrow of the existing economic, political, and social order and sets up a tyrannical state that dominates the person, property, and thought of all the citizens by means of physical and psychological force and terror |
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| the misconception that the only reality is matter in motion and that everything in the world, including thought, will, and feeling, can be explained only in terms of material |
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| seperation of church and state |
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| the idea that the church and the government are to remain institutionally seperate |
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| a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power |
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| a system of government in which the ruler's power is limited by a constitution and is equal to or subservient to an elected representative assembly |
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| a form of government in which the people and their representatives are limited by a constitution |
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| a system of government in which the ruler acquires his power by some means other than inheritance and rules with absolute authority |
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| the truest form of democratic government in which the people rule directly by popular vote |
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| the more common form of democracy in which the people rule indirectly through elected representatives |
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| formulated the basic ideas of Communism |
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| the first to put Communism into practice on a large scale |
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| non-codified form of law based on long-accepted customs and traditions |
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| a man is judged guilty or innocent by a group of his peers |
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| meetings of the Great Council |
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| contained such seeds of freedome as no taxation without representation, right of habeas corpus, trial by jury, and due process of law |
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| no man is above the law, no taxes without consent, people may petition for a redress of grievances, to keep and bear arms, free elections, representatives have freedom of speech, no excessive bail or fines and no cruel punishment |
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| written by loyal subjects of the English Crown who sought to bring honor to their king and country; expressed the desire of the people that a civil government might be established |
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| a document issued by the crown which established the relationship between the king and his subjects |
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| Massachusetts Body of Liberties; The New Haven Colony Laws |
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| steps the colonists took to make their laws even more reflective of Biblical precepts |
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| law above the law; universal principles of right and justice |
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| (composted of two houses) |
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| periodical assemblies of local citizens; chief lawmaking body of the town (an extraordinary degree of political participation by all citizens) |
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| the spiritual revival which swept the American colonies between 1730 and 1760 |
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| seperation of church and state |
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| the idea that the church and government should be seperate institutions |
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| the proposed plan for uniting the colonies; called for an annual conference of delegates, one from each colony, to manage Indian affairs, pass laws, and levy taxes for the common defense of the colonies; proposed by Benjamin Franklin |
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| Declaration of Rights and Grievances |
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| issued by the Stamp Act Congress in October 1765; protested the stamp tax and other British regulations which the colonists felt were illegal; marked the first time that a large number of colonies joined together to protest British action |
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| a series of laws to punish the colonists of Boston for resistance to parliamentary regulation; seen as a threat to the liberty of every colony |
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| act that not only cut off all trade between the colonies and England, but also officially removed the colonies from the "King's Protection" |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity; recognizes God as the Supreme Judge of men and nations |
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| House of Lords; House of Commons |
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the upper house made up of the nobility and clergy;
the lower house made up of the representatives of the "common" people |
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| British jurist who wrote the Commentaries on the Laws of England, the greatest influence on the colonists' understanding of law |
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| made up of representatives from the several districts in the Virginia territory; consisted of the colonial governor, his council, and elected representatives |
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| Jonathan Edwards; George Whitefield |
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| two men through whom God brought revival to the American colonies, resulting in the conversion of thousands of souls |
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| the king whose accession in 1760 brough a great change in political affairs both in England and in the colonies; was determined to restore the power of teh monarchy by supportin gmen in Parliament who, as the "king's friends" would vote as he directed |
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| William Pitt the Elder; Edmund Burke |
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| two English Parliamentarians who were allies of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and George Washington |
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| congress at which delegates concluded that according to their charters, they were only under the authority of the king; they were not under the authority of Parliament because they were not represented in Parliament |
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| First Continential Congress |
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| pledged the loyalty of the colonists to the Crown but protested Parliamentary interference with American rights |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| America's first central government; convened in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775; governing body began to assume political power; it supported an army, appointed a commander in chief (George Washington), and issued money |
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| presented to the Continental Congress on June 7, 1776 a resolution for independence |
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| the product of several sources--Anglo-Saxon, Jewish, Viking, Roman, Ecclesiastical (Church)--many of which were influenced by the Scriptures |
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| Saxon king who prefaced his edition of the English law code with the Ten Commandments |
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| king who strengthened the common law in England when he initiated a system of royal courts to administer the law |
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| called the first meeting of Parliament in 1265 |
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| the main unit of local government in New England |
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| the local unit of government in the southern colonies |
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| the chairman of the committee who was primarily responsible for the drafting of the Declaration of Independence |
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| convened the Model Parliament in 1295 |
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| was forced to submit to the Magna Carta in 1215 |
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| initiated a system of royal courts to administer English common law |
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