Democratic Ideals
Rights that cannot be taken away and are given by God to people from birth
Unalienable Rights
This philosopher believed in three separate branches of government to prevent tyranny.
Montesquieu
Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
Because of the Goernment under the Articles of Confederation could not print this, each colony began to go into debt.
Money
This man was the main writer of the Constitution.
James Madison
The people who live in a country have most of the decision making power
Popular Sovereignty
This philosopher believed that people were naturally good and popularized the idea of natural rights.
John Locke
The date for the signing of the Declaration of Independence
July 4th, 1776
The Articles of Confederation only had this branch of government and required a unanimous vote.
Legislative
This group of people believed that a strong central government would oppress the rights of the individual and advocated for the Bill of Rights
Anti-Federalists
This term means that no branch of government has all of the power because each branch has specific responsibilities that keeps power evenly distributed among the branches.
Check and Balances
This philosopher believed that people were naturally evil and needed a “Leviathan” type of government to keep control over people.
Thomas Hobbes
This part of the Declaration contains complaints against the King of England.
List of Grievances
This rebellion of farmers led to a revision of the Articles and eventually the articles of Confederation.
Shay's Rebellion
This branch of government decides if laws are Constitutional or Unconstitutional.
Judicial Branch
In this form of government, people elect representatives to represent citizen before the government.
Republic/Republicanism
This philosopher was a big supporter of the social contract theory where people give up some of their liberties to be a part of society.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
This part of the Declaration contains the purpose of the Declaration.
The Preamble
These are the two main reasons that the Articles of Confederation failed, according to the farmer rebellion.
The government could not tax and had no power to raise an army.
This Compromise made a bicameral legislature with one house decided on equality and the other house decided by population.
The Great Compromise (Connecticut)