Government

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What is the document signed in 1689 that guaranteed the rights of English citizens and has many of the ideas of our Bill of Rights?

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English Bill of Rights

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What is a political system in which citizens meet to discuss government matters and to vote firsthand?

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direct democracy

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What were the plans for representation in Congress for the large and small states at the Constitutional Convention?

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VA Plan and NJ Plan

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What is the plan that combined the large and small state plans and emerged as the new plan of government?

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The Great Compromise

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The idea that different branches of government will have different powers to do their own jobs, so that they will not get too strong on their own.

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Separation of Powers

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Basic liberties and rights of all citizens are guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. These rights are called?

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Individual Rights

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The sharing of power between the National and the State governments?

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Federalism

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What is the introduction to the Constitution that states the purpose of government?

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Preamble

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When citizens elect representatives and them the responsibility to make laws...

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Republicanism