Types of Government
This was the first representative democracy
Rome
These are the three branches of government.
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
He believed that government's only role is to protect these.
Natural Rights
This document signed by in 1215 A.D. limited executive power?
Magna Carta
What were the people called who sailed on the Mayflower?
The Puritans
What type of government is Great Britain now?
Constitutional Monarchy / Parliamentary
This was the first Direct Democracy
Ancient Greece
This branch enforces the law
Executive Branch
He borrowed heavily from Locke when he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
The Magna Carta stated there would be no punishment without the “lawful judgement of his peers.” This is also called
Trial by Jury
He was the English King who signed the Magna Carta
King John
THis is the system of government where power is in the hand of a small group of the very wealthy
Oligarchy
"When the Legislative and Executive Powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty."
This quote refers to which idea?
Separation of Powers
What are natural rights as written by Johne Locke?
Life, liberty, and property
This document became the American Colonies first "constitution" establishing self-government.
The Mayflower Compact
He was the King who lost the American Colonies.
King George III
This is the system of government where power is held by one limitless ruler
Totalitarian, Autocratic Absolute Monarch
This is the basic idea that one branch of government cannot be more powerful than any of the other 2 because they all have the authority to limit the powers of the other 2.
Checks and Balances
An agreement between a government and its people.
Social Contract
What is the principle called when a land is ruled by a system of laws and not a “ruling class”?
The Rule of Law
This group of people became Parliament
The wealthy Barons who devised the Magna Carta
A system of government where a King or Queen is subject to the rule of Parliament
Constitutional Monarchy
This is one power that Congress has over the executive branch.
Power of the purse
Power to declare war
Impeachment
Appointment approval
Override a veto
What principle of John Locke's was broken by the British and used to justify the revolutionary war and split from the British?
The Social Contract
In this foundational document, the writer presented the legal argument for the American Colonies to declare independence from the British.
Common Sense
This was the world's first democracy
Ancient Greece