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15 Cards in this Set
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Government
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Laws and Customs people live by
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colonist
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person who settles in a new country
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Democracy
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rule by the people
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veto
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reject or forbid a rule or law
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dictator
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person who rules wiht total control
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Senate
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a governing body that make rules and laws
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Jury
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citizens in court wholisten to both sides and decide verdict
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Monarchy
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rule by a royal family
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constitution
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A plan for government
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Puritan
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A member of a reigious group
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Stamp Act
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Taxes on American on papers, phamphlets and playig cards
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Minutemen
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armed men who fought in the Revolutionary War
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Magna Carta
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Limited the power of the King
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The Second Continental Congress
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ran the government during the Revolutionary War
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Declaration of Independence
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Listed the grievances against the king
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