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He was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence. He was also elected first governor of Massachusetts.
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john Jay served in the continental congress, he was also a diplomat, and devoted himself to the American Revoloution. He became the first chief justice of the United states
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Representing Pennsylvania at the Continental Congress.
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the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain
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out of many, one (the motto of the US).
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Many philosophers and political scientists make a distinction between natural rights and legal rights.
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a statement of the rights of a class of people, in particular.
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liberty-the power or scope to act as one pleases. egalterianism-the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality. individualism-he habit or principle of being independent and self-reliable populism-lthe political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite lassies-fair-a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.
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a motto put on the U.S currency.
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A constitutional republic is a state where the head of state and other officials are representatives of the people and must govern according to existing constitutional law that limits the government's power over citizens.
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Composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches:
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The separation of powers, is a model for the governance of both democratic & federative states. The model was first developed in ancient Greece and came into widespread use by the Roman Republic as part of the uncodified Constitution of the Roman Republic
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supreme power or authority.