Vocab 7-2#2

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A form of legislature with single or multiple houses.

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Parliament

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Overthrow of King James II by English Parliamentarians and William III of Orange.

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The Glorious Revolution

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Formal document defining the constitutional settlement, rules of the political system, and rights of citizens and governments in codified form.

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Written Constitution

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Ideas and processes accepted as part of government, not in the Constitution, developed through custom and precedent.

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Unwritten Constitution

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Authority of a state and its government is based on the consent of the people through elected representatives.

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Popular sovereignty

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System of government by one person with absolute power to create laws and policy.

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Autocracy

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Small group controlling a country or organization.

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Oligarchy

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System of government by the whole population or eligible members, typically through elected representatives.

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Democracy

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Implicit agreement in society for social benefits, sacrificing some freedom for state protection.

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Social Contract

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A war between citizens of the same country

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Civil War