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Definitions

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Civics   The study of rights and duties of citizens  
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Citizenship   rights and duties  
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Citizen   Community member who owes loyalty to the government  
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Service Economy   where most people earn there living by providing a service rather then manufactoring a product  
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Values   General principles or beliefs people use to make judgements and decisions  
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Popular Sovereignty   American ideals of individuals right to life liberty  
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Institution   sets tht people have about relationships , obligations, roles and functions  
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Naturalization   a legal process to obtain citizenship  
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Aliens   a non-citizen  
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Immagrents   People who move permentaly move to a diff. country  
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Deport   To make some one go back to there country  
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Government   is the ruling authority for a community , or society.  
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Public Policy   the course of action the government takes in response to an issue or a promblem  
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Democracy   1.A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives  
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Direct Democracy   All the citizens met and debate government matters and votes firsthand.  
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budget   a plan for makin' nd recieving money  
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representive democracy   a gov. in witch citizens choose a smaller group to govern on there behalf  
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republic   a representitive democracy were citizens choose their lawmakers  
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monarchy   a gov. with a heredity single  
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majority rule   political priniple providing tht a majority of the members of a community has the power to make laws binding upon all the peeps  
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authorization   a gov. in witch one leader or group of people holds absolute power  
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totalization   a system in witch gov. controls extends to almost all aspects of ppl  
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enlightenmment   movementthat spread the idea that reeasons science could improve society  
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monarch   king or queen  
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legislature   a group of people that makes laws  
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precedent   a ruling that is used as the baisis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case  
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common law   a system of law base on precedent  
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social contract   contract thats verbally  
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Natural rights   freedoms people process relating to life liberty and property  
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Royal colony   a coloinal area of land controlled directly by a king or other monarchy  
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propriety colony   in witch an owner controls land and gov.  
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religious dissenters   those who followed a religious faith other then the official religion of England  
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puritans    
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piligrims    
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toleration    
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indentured servants    
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plantation    
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triangular trade    
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tidewater    
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egalitarianism    
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