Important People
Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?
What is the highest law of the land?
The Constitution is the highest law in the land.
What are the three types of democracy?
The three types of democracy are participatory, pluralist, and elitist.
What are the Ideals of Democracy?
The Ideals of Democracy are based on idea of limited government and are, natural rights, popular sovereignty, republicanism, and social contract.
What are the three types of federal systems?
The three types of federal systems are unitary, confederal, and federal.
Who wrote The Two Treatise of Civil Government?
John Locke was the writer of The Two Treatise of Civil Government.
What document were the people at the Constitutional Convention trying to fix?
The people at the Constitutional Convention were trying to fix the Articles of Confederation.
What is a participatory democracy?
A participatory democracy is where policymaking institutions are directly influenced by the people.
What are the Natural Rights?
The Natural Rights are life, liberty, health, property, etc.
How does a unitary government distribute power?
A unitary government distributes its power by giving all power to the central government.
Which three people wrote the Federalist Papers?
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay were the writers of the Federalist Papers.
What document did Jefferson base many of his ideas on in the Declaration of Independance?
Jefferson based many of his arguments on The Two Treatise of Civil Government, written 87 years before the Declaration of Independence.
What is a pluralist democracy?
A pluralist democracy is where policymaking institutions are influenced by non-governmental groups.
What is Republicanism?
Republicanism is where people vote through representatives.
How does a confederal government distribute its power?
A confederal government distribute its power by giving it all to the states or the people.
Who was thought to be the writer of Letter 1# from the Federal Farmer to the Republican?
The writer was speculated to be a prominent Anti-Federalist named Richerd Henry Lee.
What two plans did the Great Compromise combine, and what did each plan favor?
The two plans were the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. The Virgina Plan favored big states, by having population decide the number of representatives it sent. The New Jersey plan favored small states, by having all states send the same number of representatives.
What is an elitist democracy?
An elitist democracy is where policymaking institutions are influenced by the wealthy and powerful.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Popular Sovereignty is where the government needs the peoples consent for them to govern.
How does a federal government distribute its power?
A federal government distribute its power by splitting it between the central government and the states.
How many delegates attended the Constitutional Convention?
55 delegates from 12 states attended to Constitutional Convention.
Where did the writer of Brutus No. 1 get his pen name from, and what did that symbolize?
Brutus was one of the Senators that assassinated Julius Ceasar. The man chose to use Brutus as a pen name because Julius Ceasar, at that time, was becoming more and more powerful, threatening to become the new emperor or ruler. The writer compared Julius Ceasar to the Constitution, saying that the central government would become too powerful, and oppress the people again. He viewed himself as "killing" the Constitution.
What types of democracy did Madison favor in Federalist No. 10?
Madison favored both pluralist and elitist democracies.
What is Social Contract?
Social Contract is where humankind surrenders its most extreme rights to self-preservation so they can enter into a commonwealth to protect their Natural Rights.
What type of federal system does the United States use?
The United States uses a federal system of government.