Types of governments Flashcards
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Representatives- Virginia house of burgess
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the lower house of colonial Virginia Legislature
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Limited- magna carta
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the first document forced onto a King of England by a group of his subjects, the feudal barons, in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their rights.
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Self- Salutary Neglect
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term used in the American history, referring to an unofficial and long-lasting 17th- & 18th-century British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, meant to keep the American colonies obedient to England.
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Federalism
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political concept in which a group of members are bound together by covenant with a governing representative head.