Terms to understand
Checks and balances refers to the system among the branches of government that includes some powers that are separated and some that are shared.
What is Checks And Balances
a fundamental law that places limits on governmental power.
What is Higher law
This person fled to France during the English civil war (1642–1651, which pitted Parliament against the Crown), where he wrote the book "Leviathan."
Who is Thomas Hobbes
The primary differences between the Massachusetts constitution and the other state constitutions was that the Massachusetts constitution created a strong executive and provided for representation of various economic classes
True
A system of government in which the legislative branch has ultimate power.
What is Legislative Power
the ultimate governing authority rests with the people.
What is Popular sovereignty
This person used the state of nature and social contract theory to justify limited government and the preservation of individual rights, particularly life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke
The Virginia Declaration of Rights contained the least basic principles like every other state about freedom of speech
False
The right of a branch of government to reject a proposed law that has been passed by another branch in an effort to delay or prevent its enactment.
What is Veto
the lawmaking branch has more power than the other branches of government
What is Legislative supremacy
This person was a Roman general and political leader who successfully invaded Gaul (which included much of Western Europe including what is now France and Belgium) and Britain and thus became the most powerful man in Rome.
Who is Julius Caesar
The Model Parliament consisted of 4 representative parts, or houses.
False
Documents giving a governmental authority the power to search and seize property without restrictions.
What is writs of assistance
The ultimate, supreme power in a state.
What is Sovereignty
This person was an English mathematician and physicist and without a doubt one of the greatest thinkers of his or any generation.
Who is Isaac Newton
The British constitution is not a single written document.
True