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| the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies. |
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| all things a government decides to do |
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| the power to make law and to frame public policies |
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| the power to execute, enforce, and administer law |
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| the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within the society |
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| the body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of a government |
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| powers held by one person or a small group of people in the government |
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| supreme authority rests with the people |
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| a body of people living in a defined territory, organized politically |
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| has supreme and absolute power within it's own territory and can decide it's own foreign and domestic territories |
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| a government in which a single person holds unlimited political power |
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| a government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self appointed elite |
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| all powers held by the government belong to a single, central agency |
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| one in which the powers of government belong to a single, central agency |
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| the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographical basis |
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| an alliance of independent states |
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| features a eparation of powers between the executive and legislative branches |
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| the executive is made up of the prime minister or premier, ad that official's cabinet |
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| the process of blending and adjusting competing views and interests |
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| an economic system characterized by the private ownership of capital goods investments made by private discussions, not by government directive, and success or failure determined by competition in the marketplace |
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| states that when supplies of goods and services become plentiful, prices tend to drop |
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| an economy in which private enterprise exists in combination with a considerate amount of government regulation |
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| the government is restricted in what it may may do, and each individual has rights that can't be taken away |
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| representative government |
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| goverenment should serve the will of the people |
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| The Great Charter, which protected colonists from arbitrary acts of the King |
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| limited the King's power in ways such as not letting him imprison whoever he wants, he can't enforce martial law, and can't require homeowners to shelter his soldiers |
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| prohibited a standing army during peace |
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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 made a grant of land |
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| a joining of several groups for a common purpose |
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| a joining of several groups for a common purpose |
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| 1754 meeting that created congress |
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| refusal to buy or sell products or services in protest |
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| government can exsist only with the consent of the governed. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| Established "a firm league of friendship among the states |
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| group of delegates that attended the Philidelphia Convention |
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| the introduction to a document |
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| limited government in which the government must obey the law |
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| holds that government and it's officials are always subject-never above-the law |
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| the basic powers are separated among three distinct and independent branches of government |
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| each branch is subject to a number of restraints by the other branches |
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| power of courts to determine whether what government does is in accord with the constitution |
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| to declare illegal, null and void, of no force and effect-violates the constitution |
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| the division of power in the central government |
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| the national government has only the powers granted to it by the constitution |
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| a government has only the powers granted to it by the constitution |
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