Vocabulary - Ideas that Influenced the Constitution
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DEBRA CARRANZA
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Vocabulary: Chpt. 4.1
Ideas that Influenced the Constitution
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FREE ENTERPRISE
the freedom of private business to organize and operate for profit in a competitive system without interference by government. (opposite the British economic policy of mercantilism)
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REPUBLIC
a system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them.
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Dictatorship
a government in which one person or a small group holds complete authority
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MAGNA CARTA
signed in 1215, a British document that contained two basic ideas:
a. monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, AND
b. citizens have basic rights
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ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS
a 1689 document that guaranteed the rights of English citizens.
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HABEAS CORPUS
the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime.
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SEPARATION OF POWERS
a principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches.
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FOUNDING FATHERS
leaders who laid the groundwork for the United States.
Vocabulary: Chpt. 4.1
Ideas that Influenced the Constitution
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