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Belief that work is a blessing from God

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Puritan work ethic

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Cornerstone of America

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Character of her people

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Love for one’s country

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Patriotism

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Author of the pledge of allegiance

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Francis Bellamy

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Author of national anthem

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Francis Scott Key

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Ask not what you can do for your country…

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John F. Kennedy

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First african American to receive 4-star general rank

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Chappie James

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Success and Prosperity Verse

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Joshua 1:8

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Symbol of America

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Bald Eagle

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those characteristics and traditions that have been handed down to us by our ancestors

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heritage

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a government where God rules directly

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theocracy

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the rule by one whose will is supreme

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Autocracy

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the people rule, either directly by popular vote or indirectly through elected representatives

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democracy

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System of government where the monarch has unlimited power

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Absolute monarchy

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Form of autocratic government in which the dictator controls all aspects of society

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Totalitarian dictatorship

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Came up with the basic ideas of communism

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Karl Marx

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Put ideas of communism into action

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Vladmir Lenin

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non-codified form of law based on long-accepted customs and traditions

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Common law

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the greatest influence on the colonists’ understanding of law

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William Blackstone

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Document submitted by King John to give certain freedoms to the English people

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Magna Carta

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Limited English Monarchs power

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English Bill of Rights

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Document signed on the mayflower in 1620

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Mayflower compact

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further developed representative government when he convened the Model Parliament in 1295, a modern form of Parliament consisting of elected representatives from each shire and town along with the nobility and the clergy of the Great Council

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Edward I

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King ? strengthened the common law in England when he created a system of royal courts to administer the

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Henry II

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the death penalty for serious crimes; the first foundational civil ordinance

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capital punishment

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Greatest influence on the English nation

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the bible

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official council, usually concerned with government affairs; the national legislative body of Great Britain

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Parliament

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Higher house in parliament

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House of Lords

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Lower house in parliament

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House of Commons

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The first representative assembly in the colonies, the ? , was established in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619

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House of Burgesses

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the spiritual revival which swept the American colonies between 1730 and 1760.

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Great Awakening

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In spirit, the English Parliamentarians William Pitt and ? were the allies of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and George Washington

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Edmund Burke

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not only cut off all trade between the colonies and England but also officially removed the colonies from the “King’s Protection.

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Prohibitory Act

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the chairman of the committee, was primarily responsible for the drafting of the document

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Thomas Jefferson

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forerunner of the written constitution in America

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Mayflower Compact

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Father of the Constitution

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James Madison

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One other notable signer of the constitution

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Gouverneur Morris

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the central government is subordinate to state governments and has only the powers which they grant it

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Confederacy

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a division of the power of government between the national government and the state governments.

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Federalism

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Came up with the idea of separation of powers

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Charles de Montesquieu

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Congress which is composed of two houses—a ? and a ?

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Senate, House of Representatives

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giving the party control of as many congressional seats as possible

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Gerrymandering

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proportional distribution of Congressional seats among the states

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Apportionment

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gives Congress the authority to put into operation both the expressed and implied powers granted by the Constitution.

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Necessary and proper clause

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powers given explicitly to Congress in Clauses 1–17 of Article I, Section 8

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Expressed power

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A proposed new law

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Bill

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Process of how bill becomes a law(short version)

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Introdction, committee action, floor action, and enactment into law

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