| A | B |
|---|
| monarch | king or queen |
| dictator | one person has absolute control |
| democratic-republic | type of political system in the United States |
| constitutional-republic | type of political system in the United States |
| democracy | the people rule |
| republic | The people elect representatives to govern them. |
| representative government | The people elect representatives to govern them. |
| political system | government |
| legislative branch | part of the government that makes (passes) laws |
| executive branch | part of the government that enforces (carries out) laws |
| judicial branch | part of the government that interprets (explains) laws |
| Congress | name of the legislative branch in the United States |
| Parliament | name of the legislative branch in England/Britain |
| Declaration of Independence | document in which the United States declared independence from Britain/England |
| unalienable rights | rights so basic they cannot be taken away |
| 3 unalienale rights | life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
| liberty | freedom |
| "the governed" | the people |
