Government Types
In this type of government, no one has control...or everyone does.
Anarchy
This philosopher was all about the government protecting the people. He wrote the book Leviathan, and believed that a single ruler would be best. He believed in a state of nature where everyone had a right to everything.
Thomas Hobbes
"We hold these truths self evident, that all men are.....
The Articles of Confederation were written to be _______.
Weak
Those who opposed the ratification of the Constitution.
Anti-Federalist (Government was too strong)
In this type of government, the citizens elect their leaders, like in Athens.
Democracy
Rousseau, Locke, and Hobbes all wrote about this philosophy in which people agreed to receive protection in return to give up some/all of their rights.
Social Contract
High taxes, no participation in government, standing armies in the colonies, no consent to be governed, abuse and tyranny.
Reasons why the American colonists broke away from England.
The two main political parties that emerged at the time were...
Federalists (led by Alexander Hamilton)
Anti-Federalist (led by Thomas Jefferson)
Those who supported the ratification of the Constitution.
Federalist (Supported a strong government)
In this type of government, one person has all of the power. A dictatorship is an example.
Autocracy
This philosopher believed that people should give up all of their rights in order to receive protection from a single sovereign entity.
Thomas Hobbes
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
If slave votes were allowed to be counted, the compromise would have been that slaves were counted as __________ of a person.
3/5
Why was the Constitution written in secret between the 55 delegates in Pennsylvania?
The framers did not want the public to know about the new government until all compromises were met and that everyone agreed to all decisions.
In this type of government, a small elite group leads the government. An example is a monarchy.
Oligarchy
This philosopher imagined that human beings share the natural rights of life, liberty, and property. He also wrote about Social Contract, Right to Revolution, and State of Nature.
John Locke
Why was the Declaration of Independence a problem when it was written?
Loyalist states did not want to break away from England. Most notable were Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
How many states need to approve the Constitution before it could be amended? (Amended means to approve or to pass)
9/13
The Anti-Federalists would not agree to sign the Constitution until the Federalist agreed to add the...
Bill of Rights
In this type of government, religious leaders may be in control of the government. They may be divinely appointed.
Theocracy
This philosopher believed in the right to revolution, if the government fails the people. The same philosopher the Americans would use to justify their own Declaration of Independence.
John Locke
What was not addressed in the Declaration of Independence that let down many people living in the colonies.
Issue of slavery, westward expansion, rights for women.
The Great Compromise combined the Virginia Plan (Supported by the Federalist party) and the New Jersey Plan (Supported by the Anti-Federalist Party) which did what?
Virginia Plan (large states): Wanted votes based upon proportional representation.
New Jersey Plan (small states): Wanted votes based upon equal representation.
There were the three groups that the Constitution did not explicitly protect with its language and how it was written.
Women, Enslaved African Americans, Native Americans.