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| to separate an official state church from its connection w/ the gov't |
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| setting free from servitude or slavery |
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| an article of personal or movable property; hence a term applied to slaves, since they were considered the personal property of their owners |
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| an advocate of the end of slavery |
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| the confirmation or validation of an act by authoritative approval |
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| a list of fundamental freedoms assumed to be central to society |
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| those who buy property, goods, or financial instruments not primarily for use but in anticipation of profitable resale after a general rise in value |
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| in america, a surveyed territory six miles square; the term also refers to a unit of local gov't, smaller than a county, that is often based on these survey units |
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| to make a smaller territory or political unit part of a larger one |
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| a demand for something issued on the basis of public authority |
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| depriving someone of the right to redeem mortgaged property because the legal payments on the loan have not been kept up |
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| the minimum number of persons who must be present in a group before it can conduct valid business |
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| the theory that formal government is unnecessary and wrong in principle; the term is also used generally for lawlessness or antigovernmental disorder |
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| referring to a legislative body with two houses or one |
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