Civilizations and Gov
Direct Democracy was used by this civilization.
Ancient Greece - Athens
"I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Voltaire
The oldest theory of government, that forcing the citizenry to do the will of the government is the best form of governance.
Force Theory
This form of democracy allows all citizens to vote directly in elections.
Direct Democracy
Systems of Government that use 1 single ruler such as a dictatorship, monarchy, or absolute monarchy.
Autocratic
Representative Democracy was used as a Republic by this civilization.
Rome
Viewed people in their state of nature as selfish, violent, evil, and cruel.
Thomas Hobbes
The idea that god or gods chose a ruler, or that religious texts dictate how the government should be structured.
Divine right theory
This form of democracy gives power to the people, but they choose representatives to vote on their behalf.
Representative Democracy
Machiavelli says that it is better to be ____ than ____ if you cannot have both.
Feared / Loved
Leaders in Europe during the dark ages such as King John, held all of the power in the state in this type of government.
Absolute Monarchy
Believed that society needed the rule of law, and that people should make those laws.
Rousseau
Government only has power from the consent of the governed. (Think of an exchange)
Social Contract Theory.
A government in which a small group of people control all aspects within the state.
Oligarchy
What decision was made by vote in Athens, that we now consider one of the first uses of democracy.
War with Persia
In the renaissance he wrote "The Prince" to express his views on government.
Machiavelli
Big Ideas were separation of powers into 3 branches, and a system of checks and balances.
Montesquieu
The theory that only the elite in a society should rule. The Elite group can be chosen by a variety of characteristics such as, race, economics, or party affiliation.
Natural Law Theory
a totalitarian regime which controls all aspects of rule within a state. The power of this single ruler is usually through use of force on the citizenry.
Dictatorship
The book written by Thomas Hobbes, titled after a mythological sea monster.
The Leviathan
The era that saw development of the Social Contract Theory.
Enlightenment
Government's job is to protect the natural rights of the people who give it power.
John Locke
Ideas and philosophies on government from what two civilizations came back to light during the renaissance?
Greeks (democracy) Romans (republic)
A government in which sovereignty, either totally or nominally, is owned by a single individual through heredity.
Monarchy
1215AD - This is the first document in English history to force the king to limit his powers.
Magna Carta