Enlightened thinkers
A social contract is an agreement between
Government and people
Power is held by an individual or group not accountable to the people.
Authoritarian
Government where leadership is passed to a single person through family bloodline (born into power).
Monarchy
Government with supreme or absolute authority/power.
Sovereignty
Government in which the people rule.
These people wanted to purify the Anglican Church
Puritans
Belief in the equality of all people.
Egalitarianism
Written document from a monarch granting land and other authorities to those wanting to establish colonies.
Charter
A system of government in which power is in the hands of one person who has total/complete control.
Dictatorship
What are rights that all humans share (life, liberty, property)?
Natural Rights
A gathering of local citizens to discuss and vote on important issues.
Town Hall Meeting
The governing body of a nation or state.
Government
A group of people living in another country , ruled by a parent country elsewhere.
Colony
Which one is NOT one of the 4 main roles of governments?
Enrich Elected Officals
The group of people who are members of a state.
Population
Which of the following Ancient civilizations had a republic?
Rome
Giving up some of your natural rights in return for government protection is
Social Contract theory
In Athens (Greece), people voted on the issues directly. This is called a
Direct Democracy
A government in which voters elect representatives to govern
Republic
Population, territory, sovereignty, & government are features of a
State
The idea of Natural Rights can be attributed to which of the following Enlightenment Thinkers?
John Locke
System of trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas, trading slaves, as well as other resources & products.
Triangular Trade
Colonists who received free passage to the colonies, but had to work without pay in order to pay off their debt.
Indentured Servants
A system of government in which the government has total control.
Totalitarian
Those who left England because they wanted to follow another faith besides the Anglican Church.