European Thinkers
Created the Social Contract
John Locke
This country had a Direct Democracy
Athens
The Anti - Federalist would not accept
The constitution without the bill of rights
People elect officials to make decisions for the people
Republic
This country was the world's first Republic
Rome
The Federalist believed
In the Constitution as it was written
Created the Three Branches of Government
Charles- Louis Montesquieu
Established Fundamental Rights, Trial by Jury, Due Process of Law
The Magna Carta
The Great Compromise established
Two houses of Congress
Jean Jacques Rousseau
All laws are voted on and enacted by voters
Direct Democracy
One Weakness of the Articles of Confederation
It did not have the power to tax
Created the idea that people want government. Without Government lives would be nasty, brutish and short.
Thomas Hobbes
People elect representatives to make laws in a representative democracy
Republic
Was to list grievances and declare independence from Great Britain