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  1. 3. the founder of British empiricism
  2. 4. an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits
  3. 6. to decide the meaning of
  4. 12. the original constitution of the US which was replaced by the US Constitution.
  5. 14. the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law
  6. 15. an act regulating stamp duty (a tax on the legal recognition of documents).
  7. 16. a group of individuals or states that band together for a common purpose
  8. 18. single chamber
  9. 19. a political protest at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts where American colonists, angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped chests of tea into the harbor.
  10. 21. law
  11. 23. to change
  12. 24. yielded
  13. 25. to vote approval of
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  1. 1. a set of rules for self-governance established by the English
  2. 2. a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party.
  3. 5. -several ordinances enacted by the U.S. Congress
  4. 7. -the first governing body of America
  5. 8. a government which is made up of politicians who are representative of individuals or groups.
  6. 9. a political system in which legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers.
  7. 10. all amounts of money received by a government from external sources
  8. 11. French philosopher famous for reconceiving the social contract as a compact between the individual and a collective “general will” aimed at the common good and reflected in the laws of an ideal state
  9. 13. a formal conference for the discussion of public affairs
  10. 17. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution
  11. 20. document that was approved by the Continental Congress that states the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based
  12. 22. Revolutionary lawyer and politician