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| A law making body (federal). Made up of the Senate and House of Representatives |
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| A member of Congress serving 6 year terms. 2 per state |
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| A member of Congress serving 2 year terms. # based on Population. |
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| The exective leader of the United States |
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| The President's home and office |
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| A rule made for a society. |
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| The law making body of government |
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| Executes or carries out the law |
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| The branch of goverment that decides meaning of laws. |
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| The highest court in the United States |
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| A person that believed in independence from Great Britain |
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| A person that believed we should stay loyal to Great Britain during the Revolution |
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| THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION |
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| Our country's first set of written laws |
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| The written laws of our country. |
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| The first ten amendments to the US Constitution |
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| A government in which the people have the power of voting. |
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| A type of government in which one person rules |
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| The amount of time a politician holds his/her office |
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| A group of people that feel the government should rule the same way (Republicans and Democracts) |
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| A system of government in which power is shared by the state and national government(federal). |
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| The exectuive leader of the state |
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| The executive leader of a village |
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| A Federal, legislative house that has two members per state |
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| A federal, legislative house in which the number of members are determined by the population of the state |
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| STATE ASSEMBLY (NY) OR STATE SENATE(NY) |
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| A law making body in the legislative branch of NY State |
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| a picture or design representing a city, state, or town. |
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| When lawmakers "AGREE" on a document such as the Constitution |
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