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Natural Rights ✔✔The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no government may take them away. State of Nature ✔✔A theory on how people might have lived before soc... ieties came into existence. Due Process ✔✔The requirement that government, when dealing with people, have in place a fair procedure which it equally applies to all. Social Contract ✔✔An agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights. Political Ideologies ✔✔Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and purpose of government. Bicameral Legislature ✔✔A lawmaking body that consists of two separate chambers. Popular Vote ✔✔An election in which the winner is determined by the number of individual votes obtained. Virginia Plan ✔✔A plan for a two-house legislature; representatives would be elected to the lower house based on each state's population; representatives for the upper house would be chosen by the lower house. New Jersey Pla [Show More]

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