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- 3. review the ability of the Court to declare a Legislative or Executive act in violation of the Constitution,
- 7. government based on consent of the people
- 8. the lower house of the colonial Virginia legislature.
- 10. Act The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England, and to commission agents who would have the sole right to sell tea in the colonies.
- 11. was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law
- 15. government In political philosophy, limited government is the concept of a government limited in power. It is a key concept in the history of liberalism.
- 16. of powers
- 18. & Indian War American phase of a worldwide nine years' war (1754–63) fought between France and Great Britain
- 20. of law the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws.
- 21. Act acts of Parliament intended to promote the self-sufficiency of the British Empire by restricting colonial trade to England and decreasing dependence on foreign imported goods.
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- 1. form of government that is ruled according to a charter, or constitution, and a democracy is a government that is ruled according to the will of the majority.
- 2. Bill of Rights It is an original Act of the English Parliament and has been in the custody of Parliament since its creation.
- 4. democracy form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives without elected representatives as proxies
- 5. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.In political philosophy,
- 6. the federal principle or system of government.
- 9. Act Townshend Act To help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
- 12. rule, minority rights the idea that the group with the most members has the most political power in a country and can make binding decisions, while minority rights are protected rights that are enjoyed by everyone, even those not considered part of the majority.
- 13. of the governed A political theory in which a government or set of governments could only be deemed legitimate if it is supported by the people under which it exercises its political influence.
- 14. Compact originally titled Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth, was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony.
- 17. act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate
- 19. and balances counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.