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**services:** intangible things of value (haircuts, maid service, laundry, education, etc.)


 * social contract:** Theory of govenrment proposed by John Locke that sovereignty resides with the people (popular sovereignty), who give to the government its authority, and in return the govenrment agrees to protect their natural rights of life, liberty and property. Should the government fail to protect the rights of the people, the people have the right to overthrow the government and create a new one.

**sovereignty:** supreme lawmaking authority; independence from all other authorities


 * Spanish American Revolutions:** //see// Latin American Revolutions

[#standard]]**standard of living:** the quantity and quality of goods and services available to an individual or society

**Stanton, Elizabeth Cady:** A feminist who organized the first U.S. women's rights convention, in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. She also wrote the Declaration of Sentiments. (Robyn M)

**state:** A government that exercises sovereignty over a population within a defined territory. //see// empire, city-state