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| first 10 amendments to the Constitution to protect individual freedom |
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| ¾ of state legislatures needed to ratify an amendment. |
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| principle that government is limited in power |
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| power of government is separated between the branches |
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| President who enforces the law |
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| Congress who makes the law |
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| Supreme Court who interprets the law |
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system where one branch watches over or checks the power of the others so no one branch is too
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| system of power sharing between a federal government and state governments |
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| representative form of government where people are elected to do the work of government in our place |
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| actually elects the President and Vice President |
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| nation and people are governed by a set of laws |
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| people vote and majority decision is followed by all |
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