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the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government

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A government that divides the powers of government between the national government and state governments

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A government in which the people rule by their own consent.

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The first ten amendments to the Constitution

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In a representative democracy, like one that exists in the United States, from where does the government derive its power?

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In a representative democracy, like one that exists in the United States, from where does the government derive its power?

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In a representative democracy the government derives its power from the states. According to the Declaration of Independence, the government gets its power to govern from the people that it governs. As the Declaration says, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. This was an idea that derived from Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke.

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A form of government in which people elect representatives to create and enforce laws

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What did the events of the Whiskey Rebellion reveal about the government created by the U.S. government?

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What did the events of the Whiskey Rebellion reveal about the government created by the U.S. government?

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The events of the Whiskey Rebellion revealed that the government had the power to enforce laws. In 1792, Congress passed the Militia Law of 1792. This law allowed Congress to raise a militia to “execute the laws of the union, (and) suppress insurrections.” It was the late 18th century and the national government was low on cash. In order to raise money, Congress passed a 25% sales tax on liquor. Anger about the tax was along the frontier from Pennsylvania to Georgia. In rural areas where no one was willing to serve as tax collector, the taxes went unpaid.