Foundations of American Government

1. power to rule and make decisions

1. the residents of a city, state, or country

1. a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system

1.  - this bill was a precursor to the American Bill of Rights

1.  - the idea that all people are of the same worth in all aspects of life

1.  - a system by which people are ruled within a state or community

 - written in 1215, it is the "great charter" of English libertie

1.  - the freedoms enjoyed by all U.S. citizens; right to act and think as one chooses

1.  - a type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed and restricted by law

1. -  the fundamental law of the Plymouth Colony