US Government vocabulary: Unit 2

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  1. 3. Roman ideal on the willingness to serve ones country
  2. 6. defending the constitution campaigned by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and john jay
  3. 12. a theory that stated people in society agreed to give up some of their freedom to the government in exchange for security and order.
  4. 13. a political system in which the powers exercised by the government are restricted, usually by a written constitution
  5. 15. a universal set of moral principles that can be applied to any culture or system of justice
  6. 16. favored a loos association of states, pro Bill of Rights
  7. 17. the idea that the powers of a government should be split between two or more strongly independent branches of government
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  1. 1. rights that all people have by virtues of being human such as the right to life, liberty, and the ownership of property
  2. 2. a two house legislature branch
  3. 4. Basic individual rights of people such as the rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
  4. 5. A system in which each branch of gov can limit the power of other branches
  5. 7. was a formal proclamation that the American colonies would now be an independent country separate from Great Britain
  6. 8. the principle that the people are the ultimate source of authority and legitimacy of a government
  7. 9. The idea that a government should be based on an established set of principles
  8. 10. favored a strong central government, pro constitution
  9. 11. a one house legislature branch
  10. 14. a system of government in which power is divided between a central government and smaller regional governments