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- 2. the idea that a government's legitimacy and moral right to use state power is justified and lawful only when consented, or agreed to, by the people over which that political power is exercised.
- 4. the division and sharing of power between the national and state governments.
- 6. the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws.
- 7. the first Constitutional Congress submitted twelve amendments for ratification by the states.
- 8. government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided.
- 9. principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power.
- 11. A government in which power is distributed
- 12. an English philosopher and political theorist
- 13. a government or a social situation where one person makes all the rules and decisions without input from anyone else.
- 18. an organization which consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league.
- 19. Autocracy is a system of government in which absolute power is held by the head of state and government,
- 20. supreme power or authority.
- 21. a form of government in which policies and laws are decided by a majority of all those eligible rather than by a body of elected representatives.
- 23. when a group of people agree to give up certain rights and accept a central authority in order to protect their other rights.
- 24. determined that three out of every five slaves were counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation.
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- 1. the idea that government is authorized by citizens and influenced by what they want.
- 3. the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.
- 5. government is elected by citizens.
- 10. provided for a bicameral legislature, with representation in the House of Representatives according to population and in the Senate by equal numbers for each state.
- 14. a state in which political power rests with the public (people) through their representatives
- 15. a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
- 16. a sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor.
- 17. a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority or other controlling systems.
- 22. a principle that holds that all legitimate state authority has certain, identifiable bounds.