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| 1.Amendment Their are 27 amendments in the declaration of independence. |
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change, improvement, or addition that is made to a law or document, or the process of doing this
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| 2.Aristocracy Aristocracy is when ruled by noble land owner. |
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| A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility [image] |
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| 3. Checks and balances Checks and balances helps our government run smoothly. |
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| from Montesquieu, a fundamental democratic principle of American government which ensures that one branch does not accumulate too much power [image] |
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| 4.Constitutionalism The united states of american was built on constitutionalism. |
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| the belief that a government should be based on a constitution [image] |
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| 5. Democracy Our nation is a democracy. |
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| a system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials [image] |
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| 6. Direct Democracy Direct democracy is when the citizens vote on everything. |
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| A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives [image] |
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| 7. Executive The president is a part of the executive branch. |
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| the part of government that makes sure decisions and laws work well [image] |
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| 8. Federalism Most people of the united states believe in federalism. |
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| belief in or support for a federal system of government [image] |
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| 9. Indirect Democracy The united states is an indirect democracy. |
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| Form of democracy in which individuals are represented by appointed representatives. [image] |
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| 10. Judicial The judicial branch, is the branch of court and law. |
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| relating to the law, judges, or their decisions [image] |
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| 11. Judicial review Judicial review is when the supreme court reviews decisions. |
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| power of courts to review decisions of another department or level of government [image] |
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| 12. Legislative The legislative branch has the power to make and change laws. |
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| an institution that has the power to make or change laws [image] |
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| 13. Limited power A Limited power government has pre-defined limits listed in a constitution. |
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| a type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed, limited, and restricted by law [image] |
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| 14. Monarchy England has a Monarchy government. |
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| A government ruled by a king or queen [image] |
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| 15. Oligarchy Oligarchy is a small group of people who run a country. |
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| a small group of people who run a country or organization, or a country that is run by a small group of people [image] |
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| 16. Popular Sovereignty Popular Sovereignty allows the US citizens to change the government if wanted. |
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| basic principle of the American system of government which asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power, and government can exist only with the consent of the governed (p 70) [image] |
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| 17. Preamble The constitutions has a preamble at the beginning. |
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| a statement at the beginning of a book, document, or talk, explaining what it is about [image] |
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| 18. Ratify It took 56 signatures for the constitution to be ratified. |
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| to make a written agreement official by signing it [image] |
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| 19. Republic We elect a republic to represent every state. |
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| A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them [image] |
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| 20. Separation of powers The Separation of powers helps keep our government organized. |
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| division of governmental authority among the three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial branch. The US Constitution uses this principle in setting the presidency, the Congress, and the courts [image] |
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| 21. Tyranny The king of England was a tyranny, and that caused people to move to the united states. |
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| cruel or unfair control over other people and/or cruel and unfair government [image] |
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| 22. U.S. Bill of Rights America was built on the U.S. Bill of Rights. |
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| a written statement of the most important rights of the citizens of a country, part of the U.S. Constitution [image] |
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