Freedom Week Vocabulary

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devotion or loyalty

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Allegiance

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changes in, or additions to, a constitution

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Amendment

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first ten amendments to the Constitution ratified in 1791, these amendments limit governmental power and protect basic rights and liberties of individuals

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Bill of Rights

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established in the U.S. Constitution to divide the power of government between legislative, executive and judicial branches

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Branches of Government

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A system that balances the distribution of power in a government

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Checks and Balances

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a person who has the right to participate in government

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Citizen

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What someone must make when faced with two or more alternative uses for a resource?

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Choice

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A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government.

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Community

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The system of fundamental laws and principles that prescribes the nature, functions, and limits of a government or another institution. The fundamental law of the United States, framed in 1787, ratified in 1789, and variously amended since then.

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Constitution

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Statement by the Congress of the Thirteen United States on July 4, 1776, declaring the colonies as free and independent States, not subject to Great Britain.

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Declaration of Independence