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- 2. government is limited both in the exercise of its delegated powers and needs to be "necessary and proper".
- 4. an English philosopher and physician widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers.
- 10. is the founding document of the United States and was adopted on July 4, 1776.
- 11. was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony.
- 12. the first ten amendments of the U.S. constitution (guarantees things like personal freedom and rights for U.S. citizens).
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- 1. was an intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- 3. a set of electors who are selected to elect a candidate to particular offices (this process by which the U.S. elects its president).
- 5. an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
- 6. (of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers.
- 7. a book written by Thomas Paine in 1775-1776 advocating independence from Great Britain.
- 8. those that are not dependent on the laws, customs, or beliefs of any particular culture or government.
- 9. the federal principle or system of government.