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Government is focused on the public interest and that every state and individual can benefit from what the government can provide
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promote the general welfare
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protect the country from other countries or people that might try to harm us
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provide for the common defense
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Government is focused on the public interest and that every state and individual can benefit from what the government can provide
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protect the country from other countries or people that might try to harm us
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secure liberty and freedom for current and future generations
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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
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A government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement
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the structure of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that sets up three branches with their own distinct powers and responsibilities
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a series of essays written to counter and defeat the proposed U.S. Constitution
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a group of people in the early United States who opposed ratification of the U.S. Constitution because they feared a strong national government and a lack of protection for individual rights
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a series of essays written to explain and defend the proposed U.S. Constitution
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a group of people in the early United States who favored the establishment of a strong national government and who worked for ratification of the U.S. Constitution
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the process of formally approving something; ratification of the U.S. Constitution
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a rule established by government or other source of authority to regulate people's conduct or activities
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a concept that those who govern are bound by the laws; no one is above the law
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law established by the outcome of former cases
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law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs
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a written code of rules that guided the ancient society of Babylon; dates back to 1772 B.C.
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legal precedence based on customs and prior legal decisions; used in civil cases
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the interpretation and implementation of the U.S. Constitution
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law that deals with crimes and the punishments associated with those crimes
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law that deals with the actions and well-being of persons who are not yet adults
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a government document that limited the power of the king of England and protected the rights of the nobility; written by the English nobles in 1215
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laws that have been developed to meet the needs of the military
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1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.
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Pamphlet published in 1776 that persuaded American Colonists to support independence.
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An act passed by the British parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents
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1765 - Required the colonials to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies.
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1767 - series of taxes on paint, glass, lead, paper and tea that the colonists boycotted
