Key People
a philosopher who believed men are born with state of nature with freedom and equality
John Locke
a philosopher who believed humans guided by self preservation, state of nature = state of war believed the purpose of the gov. is to impose laws and prevent war
Thomas Hobbes
how we are born or how we act naturally without any ruling, law or consequence
State of Nature
the exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.
Despotism
describes a political system where there is more than one center of power
Pluralist Democracy
thinks we need laws, different gov, and checks and balances believes only 3 types of governments will work, republics (the people participate), monarchy (fixes & established laws), depotisms (single ruling)
Baron De Montesquieu
he believed that we should only focus on learning what we have too we should learn emotion and reason women should learn how to be a wife and a mother
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
individual participation by citizens in political decisions and policies that affect their lives, especially directly rather than through elected representatives.
participatory democracy
a group of people with similar beliefs and thoughts who get together to protect and promote their political opinions
Factions
there is only one house in the legislative branch created in the new jersey plan
Unicameral
wrote the declaration of independence
Thomas Jefferson
created the shays rebellion which was in massachusetts, when i debt farmers came together to overthrow the federal gov. the federal gov. was not strong enough to fight against them
Daniel Shays
The theory posits that a small minority, consisting of members of the economic elite and policy-planning networks, holds the most power
Elite Democracy
how slaves counted towards the state pop all non free people counted as 3/5ths a person
3/5 compromise
philosophies that created a movement that impacted the entire western world (culture, intellectual, social and scientific movement)
Enlightenment
Wrote a lot of the constitution and the federalist papers
also known as the “father of the constitution”
James Madison
on the federalist side and helped write a few federalist papers to address the concerns of the constitution
Alexander Hamilton
two houses in the legislative branch
Bicameral
the way the people agreed to leave the state of nature and enter into a governed society
Social Contract Theory
a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference
Delegates
one of the leaders of the anti federalist and opposed ratification to the constitution
Patrick Henry
the president of the constitutional convention even though he did not write most of it
George Washington
Sign or give formal consent making it officially valid
Ratify
the belief that the mind is born blank like a clean slate that you fill with experience of senses
Tabula Rasa
solves the representative dispute between big and small states in the legislative branch
created a bicameral branch with a senate and house of reps
house of reps based on amount of people in pop, senate had an equal rep
Connecticut Comprimise