US History
The United State can be referred to as a "laboratory" because of its trend of reinventing itself as a...
Social Experiment
California though domestically is one but globally it would not qualify.
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State
The Magna Carta was one of the first examples and we have the Constitution as our own version where government is agreed upon by the ruler(s) and their subjects.
Social Contract
One of a few key founding documents which establish certain "unalienable/inalienable" protections on those who the document was written for.
Declaration of Independence
These types of documents are found at the actual historical event.
Primary Sources
Like a growing adolescent the United States has faced some new challenges past and present in its growth into a _____ nation.
Modern/Modernized
One of three government structures compared to a "hub and spokes" system. The British Empire was an example.
Unitary System
This is what people are considered to be acting in before governments are put into place. Locke, Hobbes, and Hume could certainly tell you.
"state of nature"
These include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Let's not also forget property and religion too!
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Natural Rights
Though not at the event, documents such as these are often used to interpret those that are.
Secondary Sources
Voting is seen as an expression of this one of three pillars in American Government.
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Citizenship
This one is true of every type of government because all governments have them as part of the equation.
Power/People
David Hume
Despite its shortcoming as a "Treaty of Friendship" it did in fact shield the new nation from the fear of a tyrannical government.
Articles of Confederation
It's usually a state of feeling but we use it as a method to analyze historical documents.
HAPPY
This is know as the balance of power between the states and central government, if you think of cake you're on the right track.
Federalism
Anarchy
Wrote the Leviathan to describe the authoritative but necessary role government often has to play in society.
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Thomas Hobbes
Two sides used these to debate the merits of the Constitution. James Madison and George Mason were key figures in writing these nearly 85 pamphlets.
The Federalist/Anti-Federalist Papers
Within the Constitution these principles are closely similar but serve different purposes in roping in government. Federalist 51 was a focal point.
Checks & Balances; Separation of Powers
One of three that Jefferson wrote into existence in the Declaration, bearing in mind it's the second in line.
Liberty
Our US government had help from the Greeks, Romans, and Iroquois in developing itself into this type of government.
Constitutional Federal Republic
Largely influenced the founding fathers and was the inspiration for the Declaration of Independence.
John Locke
It has three parts buts its opening section is famed for affirming "We the People" as the center of government.
The Constitution
The restraint put on government to prevent it from growing too large and having non-interference upon the people.
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Limited Government