Characteristics of Gov
The 4 Characteristics of Government make THIS acronym.
What is PALS?
THIS is a word meaning 'absence of government'
What is Anarchy (or State of Nature)?
THIS type of government has one person with absolute power without limitation.
What is a Dictatorship?
John Locke believed that everyone was born like THIS.
What is 'a blank slate'?
THIS was the first document to limit the power of the King.
What is the Magna Carta?
THIS means Society's Belief that you have the right to rule.
What is Legitimacy?
THIS type of government requires a list of documented rules (also known as a Constitution)
What is a Constitutional Government?
THIS type of government has a small group of people who exercise control.
What is an Oligarchy?
Thomas Hobbes believed people were born like THIS.
What is 'selfish'?
THIS influenced Colonists to rebel against Britain, and fight for Independence.
What is Common Sense by Thomas Paine?
THIS means that you have the ability to rule, or to get people to do things they don't want to do.
What is Power?
THIS type of government is limited in power; they must be 'checked' by another branch.
What is Limited Government?
THIS type of government has a king or queen as the head of the government.
What is a Monarchy?
THIS PERSON believed that people were born with Natural Rights.
Who is John Locke?
THIS was the first form of Self Government in the 'New World' (the Colonies)
What is the Mayflower Compact?
THIS means that you have the right to rule, or official permission to rule.
What is authority?
THIS is a word for the UK's legislative body (they make the laws for the UK!)
What is Parliament?
THIS type of government has a priest or other religious official as the head of government.
What is a Theocracy?
THIS PERSON believed that a Monarchy was the best form of government.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
THIS was a Colonial Influence because it spread the news quickly, and gave colonists the idea of 'freedom of expression'.
What is Ben Franklin's Newspaper/Cato's Letters?
THIS means you are the supreme form of power, also known as being 'Top Dog'
What is Sovereignty?
THIS is a word meaning power in the people through direct voting.
What is Democracy?
THIS is a word meaning power in the people through their elected representatives.
What is a Republic?
THIS, THIS, and THIS are the 3 Natural Rights.
What are Life, Liberty, and Property?
THIS expanded the rights of the people in 1689.
What is the English Bill of Rights?