Unit 2 Vocab - Constitution & Bill of Rights

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Power or control over oneself or others

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Sovereignty

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Governing system of a nation, state, or community.

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Government

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Group with a common political identity and community

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Nation

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Type of government with elected officials representing the people. The U.S. has this system.

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Representative Democracy

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A country or area under the political control of a more powerful, distant country.

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Colony

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A rule for society created by a government.

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Law

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Settles in a new colony

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Colonist

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System ruled by a king or queen

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Monarchy

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Political freedom from foreign government control

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independence

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Wrote the Declaration of Independence; 3rd US President.

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Thomas Jefferson