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| An explanation of how or why something happens. |
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| The belief that reason is the cheif source of knowledge. |
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| An orderly way of collecting and analyzing evidence. |
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| An explanation of the facts. |
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| A law that applied to everyone and could be understood by reason. |
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| An agreement between rulers and people. |
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| Power is divided among the branches of the government: executive, legislative, and judicial. |
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| Monarchs hold absoute, or total, power. |
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| Representative Government |
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| A government in which people elect representatives to make laws and conduct government. |
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| Written plans of government. |
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| The idea that government receives its powers from the people. |
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