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| Britain's treasury ministry |
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| Land granted by a king to a noble in exchange for support |
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| Middle class formed lower house of commons |
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| When capitalized, Britain's legislature, now usually meaning the house of commons |
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| Upper house of Parliament, less important than commons |
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| Favoring getting the Roman Catholic church out of politics |
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| Supporters of the king in the English Civil War. |
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| Supporters of the Parliament |
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| country not headed by a parliament |
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| In its original sense, favoring getting rid of monarchy |
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| Radicals during English Civil War who argued for equality and "one man, one vote" |
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| Ideology of preserving existing institutions and usages |
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| Faction of Parliament that became the Liberal party |
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| Faction of Parliament that became the Conservative party |
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| Democracy with limited participation, typical of democracy's initial phases |
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| Series of laws expanding the British electoral franchise |
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| Political system that redistributes wealth from rich to poor, standard in West Europe |
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| Ordinary Law, usually for a specific problem |
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| Minister's assigned ministry |
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| Connection of executive and legislative branches in par. Systems; opposite of US separation of powers. |
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| Ideas opposed to one another |
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| A particular cabinet, what Americans call "the administration" |
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| Par party leader who makes sure members obey the party in voting |
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| Vote in the House of Commons |
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| par. Vote to oust cabinet |
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| special election for vacant seat in par |
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| Main British government offices |
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| Parties in par that are not in the cabinet |
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| Ordinary MP with no executive responsibility |
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| specialized committee of Commons focusing on one ministry |
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| Two bugs parties and several small ones |
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| sends one representative to par |
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| First past the post: short for single member districts with plurality |
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| Electoral system that encourages dominance of one party in a par as in Britain and the US |
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| Proportional representation |
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| electoral system of multimember districts with seats awarded by percentage parties win |
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