Enlightenment and Influences
This Enlightenment thinker believed people must give up some freedoms to a strong government to maintain order.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
representation and limited government?
What is taxation without representation?
This part of the Constitution explains the goals and purposes of the government.
What is the Preamble?
A government ruled by a king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
This branch of government makes the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
This Enlightenment thinker believed people had natural rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Who is John Locke?
This phrase describes colonists being taxed and controlled by a government where they had no representatives.
What is taxation without representation?
One idea in the Constitution is that government gets its power from this group.
Who are the people?
A government where people vote to choose leaders or make decisions.
What is a democracy?
This branch enforces the laws.
What is the executive branch?
The Founding Fathers admired this Native American confederacy for its ideas about cooperation and shared power among nations.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
Colonists believed laws should not be made by a government that lacked this important democratic principle.
What is representation?
The phrase “ensure domestic tranquility” in the Preamble means keeping this within the country.
What is peace and order?
This principle means everyone, even leaders, must follow the law.
What is Rule of Law
This branch ensures laws are fair and interprets them.
What is the judicial branch?
Documents like the Magna Carta, Petition of Right, and English Bill of Rights helped influence the U.S. Constitution by establishing that even the king must follow the law.
What is the rule of law?
Many colonists believed Parliament had no right to tax them because colonists did not have this in the British government.
What is representation?
The phrase “provide for the common defense” refers to protecting the country from this.
What are threats or attacks from enemies?
This type of government has rules that limit the power of leaders.
What is limited government?
This group helps select political leaders in the U.S., especially the president.
What is the Electoral College?
British rule influenced American government by encouraging colonists to value these two principles in their new system.
What are representation and limited government?
Colonists believed that government authority should come from this group rather than from a king.
Who are the people?
The Preamble phrase “promote the general welfare” means supporting this for the people.
What is the well-being of the people?
This system shares power between national and state governments.
What is federalism?
The number of electoral votes a state has is based on these two groups in Congress.
What are Senators and Representatives?