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checks and balances

• a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches

• the structure of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that sets up three branches with their own distinct powers and responsibilities

• an implied agreement among the people of an organized society that defines the rights, duties, and limitations of the governed and the government

• the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken away by governments

Enlightenment

• the structure of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that sets up three branches with their own distinct powers and responsibilities

• a period in European history when many educated people stressed the importance of learning and reasoning; education was considered the key to understanding and solving society’s problems

• the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken away by governments

• a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches

natural law

• a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches

• an implied agreement among the people of an organized society that defines the rights, duties, and limitations of the governed and the government

• the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken away by governments

• laws passed by government to protect natural rights

natural rights

• the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken away by governments

• an implied agreement among the people of an organized society that defines the rights, duties, and limitations of the governed and the government

• a period in European history when many educated people stressed the importance of learning and reasoning; education was considered the key to understanding and solving society’s problems

• laws passed by government to protect natural rights

separation of powers

• a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches

• an implied agreement among the people of an organized society that defines the rights, duties, and limitations of the governed and the government

• the structure of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that sets up three branches with their own distinct powers and responsibilities

• the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken away by governments

social contract

• the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken away by governments

• a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches

• laws passed by government to protect natural rights

• an implied agreement among the people of an organized society that defines the rights, duties, and limitations of the governed and the government

individual liberty

• a person’s ability to be free and independent

• the structure of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that sets up three branches with their own distinct powers and responsibilities

• laws passed by government to protect natural rights

• an implied agreement among the people of an organized society that defines the rights, duties, and limitations of the governed and the government

Founding Fathers

• a period in European history when many educated people stressed the importance of learning and reasoning; education was considered the key to understanding and solving society’s problems

• an implied agreement among the people of an organized society that defines the rights, duties, and limitations of the governed and the government

• representatives from each of the 13 colonies who participated in writing the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution

• the structure of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that sets up three branches with their own distinct powers and responsibilities

common law

• a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonists to support becoming independent from England

• popular or representative system where the people create and run their own government

• law based on customs and prior legal decisions; used in civil cases

• an agreement made by the people to establish a government and obey its laws

Common Sense

• the principle that the government has to provide a cause or reason for holding a person in jail

• a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonists to support becoming independent from England

• an agreement between individuals that created a government that would provide order and protect the rights of the colonists; written by a group of English Puritans in Massachusetts in 1620

• the principle that the government has to provide a cause or reason for holding a person in jail