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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| representative government | a government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government. |
| f limited government | in which the power of the monarch, or government, was limited, not absolute. Later generations interpreted this document as providing protection against unjust punishment and the loss of life, liberty, and property except according to law. The chart |
| representative government, | a government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government. The English Parliament was a representative assembly with the power to enact laws. It consisted of an upper chamber and a lower chamber. |
| revenue— | the money a government collects from taxes or other sources— from the colonies increased. an agreement prohibiting trade, on Britain, and agreed not to use British goods. They also proposed a meeting the following year if Britain did not change its p |
| embargo | an agreement prohibiting trade, on Britain, and agreed not to use British goods. They also proposed a meeting the following year if Britain did not change its policies. |
| ratified, | or approved, the Articles of Confederation. |
| unicameral | or single-chamber, Congress from which executive positions were chosen. |
| ceded, | or yielded, their claims to these territories to the central government, providing a focus for national unity |
| ordinances | or laws, that provided for the organization of these territories. |
| interstate commerce | or trade among the states, and foreign commerce. T |
| extralega | not sanctioned by law, since the Convention had been authorized only to revise the old Articles. |
| anarchy | or political disorder, would triumph. |