Types of Gov.
Government where the people make the decisions
Democracy
Thought that People could evolve and believed that people could govern themselves. Three natural rights.
John Locke
The idea that everyone is subject to the law and that the law should apply equally to everyone
Rule of Law
What country do we get most of our ideas about government from?
Great Britain, England, UK all acceptable
Type of Democracy where everyone participates in the process (like a hand raise vote)
Direct Democracy
Type of Government controlled by a King or Queen
Monarchy
What did Locke believe the three natural rights were?
Life, Liberty, Property
The idea that the three main functions of government should be separate
Separation of Powers
The following are all English documents that impacted the U.S. Government except for?
Magna Carta
Declaration of Independence
Petition of Right
English Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
What type of government is the United States? Where they elect leaders to make decisions for them?
Representative Democracy
What is it called when the government does not have all the power?
Limited Government
Believed that life would be nasty, brutish, and short if people were left to rule because they were naturally selfish and wicked
Thomas Hobbes
A written document that says what the government and people can and cannot do
Constitution
Thomas Jefferson's statement in the declaration of Independence about ¨unalienable¨ (NATURAL) rights would MOST likely have been influenced by the writings of what philospoher?
John Locke
What type of Government did Thomas Hobbes prefer?
Absolute Monarchy (Dictatorship)
A type of government controlled by one person, usually enforced by the military?
Dictatorship
This philosopher believed that all people were born free but were enchained.
Rosseau
In the social contract, the people agree to give up what in order to be protected?
Some of their personal freedoms
What was the first document that limited the power of the King?
Magna Carta
What type of Government did John Locke prefer?
Democracy (Representative)
Type of government controlled by a small group of people, usually behind the scenes?
Oligarchy
This guy believed in a constitution and that there should be three separate branches of Government
Baron de Montisqueu
The agreement between a government and the people where the government protects and the people give up some freedoms.
The Social Contract
What was the part of the Magna Carta that said that the King could not Raise taxes without parliament´s permission, arrest people unjustly, force them to quarter soldiers, etc. (KING CANT DO)
What was the name of Thomas Hobbes book?
The Leviathan