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1.4 Declaration Ind
Civics Florida Standard SS.7.C.1.4 Declaration of Independence
Term | Definition |
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abolish | to end |
assent | to agree |
consent of the governed | an agreement made by the people to establish a government and abide by its laws |
deprive | to take something away |
derive | to take |
despotism | a system of government where the ruler has unlimited power |
dissolve | to bring to an end |
endow | to be given something naturally |
grievance | a complaint |
impel | to urge |
impose | to establish by using authority or power |
institute | to establish |
natural rights | the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken away by governments |
oppression | the use of authority or power in a cruel or unjust manner |
quarter | to house |
rectitude | the quality or state of being correct |
self-evident | obvious, having no need of proof |
tyranny | a government in which a single ruler possesses and abuses absolute power |
tyrant | a single ruler that possess and abuses absolute government power |
unalienable (inalienable) rights | basic rights of the people that may not be taken away |
usurpation | the act of exercising power by force |