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Origions of Political Thought
Unit 1, democracy
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History
10th Grade
01/13/2017

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1. Amendment

 

 

The man voted against the amendment to the constitution.

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change, improvement, or addition that is made to law or document, or the process[image] of doing this

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1. Amendment

 

 

The man voted against the amendment to the constitution.

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change, improvement, or addition that is made to law or document, or the process of doing this

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2. Aristocracy
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A government in which power is in the hands of hereditary ruling class or nobility
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3. checks and balances

Checks and balances helped the government have to much power. 

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from Montesquieu, a fundamental democratic principle of American government which ensuress that one branch does not accumulate too much power
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4. Constitutionalism

 

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