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Absolute Power
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Power without limits
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Appellate jurisdiction
- all other criminal cases
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Aristrocrats
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Wealthy upper class
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Bicameral
- Congress has two houses
- Bill
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Proposed law
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Check and Balances
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each branch has equal power and can stop abuse by other branches
- Civic Virtue
- Promoting common welfare above own selfish interests
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Colonial Gov't
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Rep. gov't of British colonies
- Common People
- Knights/Merchants/Peasants
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Common Welfare
- Good of the entire community
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Constitutional Gov't
- Rulers have limitedpower
- Dictator
- ruler with unlimited power
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electoral college
- group of state rep vhosen to elect the president
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Emend
- change
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English Bill of Rights
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First list of basic rights for everyone
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Equal Representation
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Each state had the same number of reps
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Executive Branch
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Enforces the laws
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Feudalism/Feudal System
- King shared power with the nobility for protection
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Fugitive Slave Clause
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runaway slaves must be returned to owners
- Government
- Protects natural rights
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Governor
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Kings chosen rep for executive branch
- Great Compromise
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Congress has two houses Senate=representation House= proportional rep
- Impeach
- Accuse of serious crimes while in office
- Indentured Servant
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Worked for master for a certain amount of time
- Judicial Branch
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Interprets the laws
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Legislative Branch
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Makes laws
- Literate
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Able to read and write
- Magistrate
- A judge
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Magna Carta
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1215 King agreed ro share power with nobles. Everyone obeys laws
- Monarch/Monarchy
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gov't ruled by King or Queen
- Natural Rights
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Rights you are born with
- Nobility
- Titled landowners, worked for the king
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original jurisdiction
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ciminal cases that go right to supreme court
- Parliament
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Representatives to advise the King
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Proportional representation
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number of reps is determined by population
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Protective Tariff
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Tax on imported goods
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Representative Gov't
- Common people elect others to be their voice in gov't
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Republican Gov't
- People have the power,choose reps, give some power ro reps, promote commons welfare
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Roman Republic
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Ancient gov't that citizens shared power for the first time
- Royalty
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King, Queen, Family
- Self- Sufficient
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Able to take care of own needs
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Separated Power
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Different but shared power
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supremacy clause
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The constitution and federal laws are supreme
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Three fifths clause
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3/6 of slaves were counted for reps and taxes