4.3: Ideas that Influenced the Constitution

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a government in which citizens rule themselves through elected representatives

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republic

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Throughout history, republic forms of government have tended to . . .

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not last for very long

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a government of which one person or a very small group of people hold complete authority

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dictatorship

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stated that English nobles had certain rights and that the leaders (kings/queens) had to obey the laws

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Magna Carta

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an economic system in which businesses compete freely with little government control

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free enterprise

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having to do with being a citizen

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civic

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What document gave rules for elections, upheld the right to trial by jury, allowed some citizens to bear arms, and tried to prevent unlawful imprisonment?

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English Bill of Rights

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government is divided into branches, each with separate, independent powers and responsibilities so that the powers of one branch are not in conflict with those of the other branches

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separation of powers

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Who came up with the idea of three separate branches and a separation of powers?

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Charles-Louis Montesquieu

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Citizens get the right to vote and power is given to "the people."

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republic