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- 6. the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.
- 11. an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".
- 14. the national government of the United States, a federal republic in North America, composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories and several island possessions
- 15. the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.
- 16. process of establishing a new state or government through the use of force
- 18. a form of monarchy in which the monarch holds supreme autocratic authority, principally not being restricted by written laws, legislature, or customs.
- 19. a system of government by one person with absolute power.
- 20. King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820.
- 21. refers to both a body of non-elected government officials and an administrative policy-making group.
- 22. the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.
- 23. an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
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- 1. change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
- 2. government by a dictator.
- 3. the governing body of a nation, state, or community.
- 4. a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly
- 5. a landmark Act in the constitutional law of England that sets out certain basic civil rights and clarifies who would be next to inherit the Crown
- 7. system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state
- 8. an organization which consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league.
- 9. having two branches or chambers.
- 10. one of the three British colonies in America (Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island) governed by royal charter without direct interference from the crown
- 12. a charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.
- 13. is a practice in which political decisions reached by voting processes are binding upon all members of the political party.
- 17. the concept that the right to rule derives from God and that kings are answerable for their actions to God alone