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Civics/Econ Ch. 2
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Representative Government | People elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on their behalf. |
| Rule of Law | The government and those who govern are bound by the law, as are those who are governed. |
| Consent of the Governed | People are the source of any and all governmental power. |
| Democracy | Government where the people rule. |
| Limited Government | Government in not all-powerful and may do only those things people have given it the power to do. |
| Monarch | royal ruler of England |
| legislature | lawmaking branch of government |
| Parliament | England's legislature |
| precedent | previous ruling in an earlier case providing guidance |
| common law | English system of law based on court decisions rather than on legislation |
| charter | document granting land and authority to set up a government |
| compact | Pilgrims' plan for government was the Mayflower |
| colony | group of people in one place ruled by the parent country elsewhere |
| mercantilism | economic theory emphasizing colonies as source of raw materials |
| boycott | refusal to buy British goods to protest high taxes |
| repeal | recall and resind |
| delegates | a representative to the First Continental Congress |
| independence | freedom from domination |
| confederation | loose organization of former colonies after he Revolutionary War |
| bicameral | structure of legislation with two houses |
| constitution | document written by states after the Revolutionary War expressing their new status |
| ratify | to vote for acceptance of the Constitution |
| amend | process of changing Articles of the Confederation or Constitution |