Unit 2 Vocabulary

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Delegate

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A person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.

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Separation of Powers

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A system of checks and balances in which the government is separated into branches.

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Checks and Balances

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A system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from having too much power.

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Federal Systems of Government

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A system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government.

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Constitution

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A set of fundamental rules that determine how a country or state is run.

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Republic

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A state in which political power rests with the public and their representatives, rather than in a monarch.

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Grievances

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Wrongs or hardships suffered, real or supposed, which form legitimate grounds of complaint.

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Popular Sovereignty

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Government based on consent of the people.

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Confederacy

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A league or alliance.