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Rule of Law

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Nobody is above the law

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Confederal System

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A system of government in which the states have the most power and the central/federal government has very little power.

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Federal System

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A system of government where the powers of government are divided between the national (federal/central), state, and local governments.

The Constitution of the United States established the federal system, also known as federalism.

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Monarchy

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A form of government with a King/Queen at the head of government. 

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Constitutional Republic

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A form of government based on a set of written rules in which the people held power through their elected representatives.

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Magna Carta

(1215)

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A document that LIMITED the kings power

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Mayflower Compact 

(1620)

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A document signed by the English colonists on the Mayflower ship.

This agreement was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States.

The colonists agreed to govern themselves (self-government)

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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

(1776)

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A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776. 

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John Locke

(1632-1704)

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An enlightenment thinker who influenced the Declaration of Independence with his ideas of Natural Rights

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John Locke's natural rights

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LIFE

LIBERTY

PROPERTY