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| incorporating government values into our own |
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| a movement of the 18th century that stressed the belief that science and logic give people more knowledge and understanding than tradition and religion |
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| A form of government in which leaders are elected by voting, people are as free as possible, and majority rule within minority rights |
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| people decide the policy directly |
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| is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people |
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| a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized. |
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| a person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with. |
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| a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch. |
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| a right that is believed to belong justifiably to every person |
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| the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. |
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| the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws |
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| an organization to gain political power |
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| a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution. |
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| a form of government with a monarch at the head |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress |
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| a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed. |
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| the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states |
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| a statement of the rights of a class of people, in particular. |
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| The Thirteenth Amendment ended slavery in the United States. The Fourteenth Amendment allowed Blacks to have the same rights as Whites. The Fifteenth Amendment allowed Blacks to vote. |
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