Enlightenment
Coined the term, "Life, liberty, and property."
Who is John Locke?
These are the "inalienable rights" mentioned in the Declaration.
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
The first three words of the Constitution.
What is "We the people"?
Branch of government that is tasked with enforcing laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
Article III of the Constitution creates which branch of the US government?
What is the Judicial Branch?
Proposed government be divided into three branches.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
The consent of this group gives government legitimate power.
What is the "consent of the governed"?
This article grants the President the right to pardon criminals.
What is Article II?
Branch of government that is tasked with interpreting laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
Term length for a US Senator.
What is 6 years?
Believed government was needed to protect people from each other.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
"Governments are instituted among men" to protect these.
What are the (inalienable) rights of the people?
The "Great Compromise" can be seen in this Article of the Constitution.
What is Article I?
Branch of government tasked with creating laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
Term length for a member of the House of Representatives.
What is two years?
Argued that a "Social Contract" where all citizens submit to the "general will" would protect freedoms.
Who is Jean Rousseau?
The Declaration of Independence was addressed to him.
Who is King George?
Article that requires a marriage in Oregon to be recognized in Florida.
What is Article IV?
A court decision that is applied to all similar cases in the future.
What is "precedent"?
This must happen before a bill can come to the President for a signature.
What is "pass both the House and the Senate"?
Coined the phrase "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
On this date, the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is July 4, 1776?
Article which outlines the process for changing the Constitution.
What is Article V?
Term for a governing body that consists of two chambers.
What is "bicameral"?
This document represents the first effort at self government by Europeans in the Americas.
What is the Mayflower Compact?