Origins of Gov
Theory that Government started because the person who was strong was most fit to rule
What is Force Theory?
Type of Government where many people have a say
What is a Democracy?
The document that included numerous Enlightenment ideas and was written by Thomas Jefferson
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The best description of the purpose of government can be found here
What is the Preamble of the Constitution?
Theory that Government started because God granted rule to someone
What is Divine Right Theory
Type of Government where a small number of people have a say
What is an Oligarchy?
The phrase "consent of the governed" means that government gets its power from this source
What are the people?
The 2 main disagreements between representatives at the Constitutional Convention
What is Representation in the Legislative Branch and how to count enslaved people for Representation
Theory on Government Origin that it only makes sense to have government because we have heads of family
What is Evolutionary Theory?
Type of Government where one person has a say
What is an Autocracy?
The Articles of Confederation set up this branch of government
What is the Legislative Branch?
The 3 plans that were used for the Legislative Branch representation
What are the Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, and the Connecticut Compromise?
Origin of Government Theory that all members of a society should agree to follow a set of rules
What is Social Contract Theory?
Type of Government where religion has a say
What is a Theocracy?
What is 1787?
The number of states needed to ratify the Constitution according to Article VII
What is 9/13 (or a supermajority)?
The first example of a Social Contract in America, signed in 1620
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The three ways to geographically distribute power in a government
What are Unitary, Federal, and Confederacy?
When the final sentence of the Declaration says that "as free and independent states...do all acts which independent states may of right do", which characteristic of a state is that?
What is Sovereignty?
The Number of Amendments on the original Constitution
What is zero?