Autocracy-
government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch.
The Declaration summarized the colonists’ motivations for seeking independence. By declaring themselves an independent nation, the American colonists were able to confirm an official alliance with the Government of France and obtain French assistance in the war against Great Britain. So basically so it could be official
First legislative body in Virginia (bicameral)
The less ending of a punishment is a reduced sentence
