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| supreme political authority rests with the people |
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| exists where the will of the people is translated into law directly by the people themselves. |
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| a small group of person, chosen by the people to act as their representation |
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| A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who elect people to represent them. |
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| voter elect the legistature and the executive branch |
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| the parliamentary government |
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| voter elect the legislature and chief executive |
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| means of selecting policy makers and organizing government. |
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| taxation, defense, education, crime, healthcare |
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| enforce and administer law |
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| interpret laws to determine their meaning and to settle disputes that arise withen society |
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| the body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of a government. |
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| a body of people, living in a defined territory |
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| government in which a single person hold unlimited politcal power |
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| a government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usualy self-appointed elite. |
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| often described as a centralized government |
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| one in which the powers of government are divided between a central government and serveral local government. |
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| division cannot be changed by either the local or national level acting alone |
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| an alliance of independent states |
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| the executive and legislative branches of the goverment are separate, independent of one another, and coequal |
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| Major tenets of democracy |
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-worth of the individual
-equality of all person
-majority rule with minority rights
-necessity of compromise
-individual freedom |
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| concept that it was deeply rooted in English belief and practice by the time |
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| representative government |
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| idea that government should serve the will of the people had also been developing in Eng for centuries |
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| prohibited a standing army in peace time, except with the consent of Parliament, and required that all parliamentary election be free |
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| a written grant of authority from the King |
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| organized by a proprietor, a person to whom the king had made a grant of land |
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| ordered government, limited gov't, representatives gov't |
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| a joining of several group for a common purpose |
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| plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite 13 colonies for trade, military |
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| government must be conducted accoring to constitutional principles |
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| changes or additions that become part of the written language of the Constitution itself |
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| protection of individual rights |
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| formal changes to the Constitution |
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| the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies |
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| ultimate responsibility for the exercise of these powers may be held by a single person or by a small group |
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