Thinking Big
wrote the Leviathan, only a powerful government can protect society, people enter into social contract with government to avoid chaos and lawlessness
Thomas Hobbes
rights that belongs to all humans from birth, such as life, liberty, and property
Natural Rights
market regulated by the natural laws of supply and demand
Free Market
system of social classes that was established in France
Estates
(1738 – 1820) the longest reigning monarch in British history, ruling when Britain and France wanted to dominate Europe, he shared blames for the loss of the American colonies
George III
People are born with natural rights that cannot be taken away, government has a duty to its people to protect those rights; when the government fails in this duty the people should rebel
John Locke
unchanging principle, discovered through reason, that governs human conduct
Natural Law
the idea that government power comes from the people, this limited government based on the separation of powers and a system of checks and balances
Popular Sovereignty
the middle class of the estates in France
Bourgeoise
(1754 – 1793) king or pre – revolutionary France. He failed to support his minsters that tried to reform finances and social institutions. He resisted demands for reform from the National Assembly and was branded a traitor and executed in 1793
Louis XVI
government should serve general will in direct democracy, when leaders and officials are involved government becomes corrupt as it becomes self-serving to those providing governance
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
restriction on access to ideas and information
Censorship
government in which power is divided between the national, or federal, government and the states
Federal Republic
legislative body made up of the representatives of the three estates in pre – revolutionary France
(Estates – General)
system in which each branch of a government has the power to monitor and limit the actions of the other two
Checks and Balances
absolute ruler whose used their power to bring about political and social change
Enlightened Despots
an agreement by which people gave up their freedom to a powerful government in order to avoid chaos
Social Contract
economic system known as capitalism, private businesses compete with limited government control; products, services, and prices are regulated by supply and demand, not the government
Free Enterprise system
famous oath made on a tennis court by the Third – Estate in pre – revolutionary France to meet by any means to establish a just constitution in France
Tennis Court Oath
officially ended the American Revolution in which Britain recognizes the United States (signed years after the final battle at Yorktown)
Treaty of Paris (1783)