philosophers
This philosopher described the state of nature as "nasty, poor, brutish, and short" or something along those lines
Who is Hobbes?
In this type of government, there is a king or a queen
What is a monarchy?
This rhyming phrase was the driving slogan during the Revolutionary war
What is "no taxation without representation"?
This is the system in which power is shared between the national, state, and local governments
What is federalism?
The U.S. is a representative democracy and also a ____
Think "I pledge allegiance to the flag and the ___ for which it stands"
What is a republic?
This is the philosopher associated with "consent of the governed" and popular sovereignty.
Who is Rousseau?
What is a direct democracy?
This is the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This type of government has a very strong central authority with little power given to state and local governments
What is a unitary government?
This is the theory that leaders get their power and their right to govern from a god.
What is divine right theory?
this theory states that we enter into a contract with our government in which we give up some of our freedoms for protection
What is social contract theory?
In an oligarchy, the government is run by this
This was a protest against an English law that gave the East India Company a monopoly on tea
What is the Boston Tea Party?
What is a confederation?
The writers wanted to change the way the government interacted with its people
These are the natural rights as described by Locke
What are life, liberty, and propery
What is an autocracy?
These acts were imposed on the colonists following the Boston Tea Party
What are the intolerable acts?
This is the current form of government in the United States
What is federalism? (or a federal system)
This document, signed in 1215, was the first to restrict the power of the king
What is the Magna Carta?
This philosopher is the reason we have three branches of our federal government
Who is Montesquieu?
The United States is this type of democracy, which means we're a bit more hands off.
What is a representative democracy?
This was the type of government was England when the U.S. broke away from the country? It had a king but also parliament!
What is a constitutional monarchy?
This was the form of government the United States had in the years following the signing of the Declaration of Independence
What is a confederation?
This rebellion of farmers indicated that the original U.S. government was too weak
What is Shays' rebellion?