Guiding Principles
clear and fairly enforced laws. no one above the law
RoL
He said rulers should care about the common good, not self interests
Artistotle
our first form of gov't
Articles of Confederation
from the Bible
Equality or Justice
Our first gov't (the document) and form
AoC Confederal
LG
People are too selfish and need a strong ruler He wrote "Leviathan"
Thomas Hobbes
He wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
originated in Athens Greece
MR
number needed to pass a law
9/13
natural rights or human rights
individual rights
Thought people could govern themselves Idea: Natural Rights
John Locke
Life Liberty and Property
Magna Carta
Limited Gov't, RoL
number of branches...name them
one, legislative
name 5
RoL, LG, IR, C, SoP, PS, MR, RG, E, J,
Book: Spirit of Laws
Best Gov't: Democracy
Baron de Montesquieu
French Thinker Idea: IR and PS
Book: Social Contract Theory
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Individual Rights
John Locke's Natural Rights
its who made the currency
Name 8
RoL, LG, IR, C, SoP, PS, MR, RG, E, J,
Book: American Crisis, Age of Reason, Common Sense Idea: Popular Sovereignty
Thomas Paine
2/3 authors of the Federalist Papers
AH, JM, JJ
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
popular sovereignty
13/13 All