Rights / Purposes
This is a freedom, or something you are entitled to.
Right
This is a gov where a king or queen inherits power and no one can tell them what to do.
Absolute Monarchy
This country has a Republic.
Rome
This is the freedom to do what you want
Liberty
This is the first college Mrs. Ruckert went to
CCRI
These are Freedoms that everyone is born with
Natural Rights
This is a gov where citizens elect people to do the governing for them.
Republic / Representative democracy
This country had a direct democracy
Ancient Greece
This is the idea that individual rights are more important than the good of the whole
Individualism
This is the idea that gov power comes from the people
Self Rule
These are freedoms given to you by the government
Legal Rights
This is a gov where citizens do the governing themselves
Direct Democracy
This country had a constitutional monarchy
England
This is the idea that the government should not be able to do whatever it wants
Limited Government
This is the idea that government power should be separated into 3 branches.
Separation of Powers
These are 3 legal rights given by the U.S. Constitution.
answers vary
This is a government where only one person has all the power.
Autocracy
This country had a Confederacy
Haudenosaunee Confederacy
This is the idea that all citizens should be treated equally under the law regardless of money or status
Equality
This is the idea that government power is divided between the Federal (National) gov., State gov.s and local gov.s
Federalism
Name 4 purposes of the United States government.
to 1. form a more perfect Union, 2. establish Justice, 3. insure domestic Tranquility, 4. provide for the common defence, 5. promote the general Welfare, and 6. secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity
This is a government that has an agreement between individual states to be a united country while continuing to mostly govern themselves.
Confederacy
This founding father talked about the Haudenosaunee and used it to create our government.
Benjamin Franklin OR John Hancock
Describe how 1 enlightenment thinker influenced U.S. Government
Answers vary
Why are Separation of Powers and Federalism important parts of our Government?
So no one can get too much power / so no one can abuse power / so others can stop a person who is abusing their power.