![]() Government can exist only with the consent of the governed Plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes the plan was turned down by the colonies and the crownĪ refusal to buy or sell certain products or service ![]() Organized by a proprietor ( a person to whom the king made a grant of land).Īn An adjective describing a legislative body with one chamberĪ joining of several for a common purpose Great Charter forced upon King John of England by his barons in 1215 established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to nobilityĭocument prepared by Parliament and signed by King Charles I of England in 1628 challenged the idea of the divine right of kings and declared that even the monarch was subject to the laws of the landĭocument written by Parliament and agreed by William and Mary of England in 1689, designed to prevent abuse of power by English monarchs forms the basis for much in American government and politics todayĪ city's basic law, its constitution a written grant of authority from the kingĪn adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers System of government in which public polices are made by officials selected by the voters and held accountable in periodic elections When supplies become scarcer, prices tend to riseĪn economy in which private enterprise exists in combination with a considerable amount of government regulation and promotionīasic principle of America government which states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away Having supreme power within its own territory neither subordinate nor responsible to any other authorityĪ form of government in which a single person holds unlimited political powerĪ form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small usually self-appointed eliteĪ centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agencyĪ form of government in which powers are divided between a central government and several local governmentsīasic principle of federalism the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers, are divided on a geographic basis (in the United States, between the National Government and the the States).Ī joining of several groups for a common purposeĪ form of government in which a party's voters (1) choose State party organizations delegates to their party's national convention, and/or (2) express a preference for their party's presidential nominationĪ form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister, or premier, and that official's cabinetĪn adjustment of opposing principles or systems by modifying some aspects of eachĪn economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods investments that are determined by private decision rather than by state control, and determined in a free marketĪ law which states that when supplies of goods and services become plentiful, prices tend to drop. The body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of a governmentĪ form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authorityĪ form of government in which the supreme authority rests with the peopleĪ body of people living in a defined territory who have a government with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority The power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes within the society The power to execute, enforce, and administer law The power to make a law and to frame public policies The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policiesĪll of the many goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved ![]() ![]() Government Semester 1 Vocab Portfolio Term ![]()
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