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Popular Sovereignty: the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will.

Separation of Powers: A theoretical model for governance, common in democratic states, which features the division of sovereign power into at least three (but sometimes up to six) organs of state in order to forestall tyranny, by preventing the acquisition of a monopoly of pow

Checks and Balances: A system for multiple parties wherein each has some control over the actions of each of the others.

amend: To make better.

Ratify: To give formal consent to; make officially valid.

Bill of Rights: A formal statement of the rights of a specified group of people

Federalism/Federal System: pertaining to, or noting such a central government: federal offices.

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