Unit 2 Vocabulary - Honors American Government

2. A country or area under the partial political control of another country, typically a distant one
4. A doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people
5. A tax duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports
6. Law that is derived from custom & judicial precedent rather than statutes
8. Policy of the British government regarding its north American colonies
11. Having a single legislative chamber
13. A body of fundamental principles according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
14. Charter of English liberties granted by King John
15. The restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well defined & established laws
16. A conversation in which there is a mutual airing of views
19. A set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers
20. Traditional rights of English subjects of the British crown
21. An alliance, especially of confederate states
22. Describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns setting its structure & powers
23. Sets out certain basic civil rights acted upon by the English parliament

1. A theory that concerns the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual
3. Theory that trade generates wealth
7. A concept that the legislative body has absolute sovereignty & is supreme over other institutions
9. Rights that people supposedly have under natural law
10. An act of vesting the legislative, executive & judicial powers of a government in separate bodies
12. A person authorized to represent others
17. Influence where an organization is regulated, typically by those ensuring political power is not in one person's hands
18. Elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the colony of Virginia
21. A grant by a country's legislative or sovereign in power by which a body is founded & its privileged rights defined