Big Ideas
This Big Idea means that people can make decisions on how their government should work.
Self-Government
This document limited the power of the king and protected the rights of the nobility.
Magna Carta
A group of elected colonists who made laws and taxes in the colonies.
Colonial Assembly
This philosopher believed humans are naturally selfish and need a strong ruler.
Who is at the top of the colonial government diagram?
The Crown / Monarch
“Only a powerful government can ensure an orderly society - a government like absolute monarch”
Hobbes
True / false: In Rome, your social class dictated which branches of government you were able to be a part of.
True
The idea that everyone, including leaders, must follow the law.
Rule of Law
This English document expanded rights and further limited the power of the king.
English Bill of Rights
a set of rights all human beings share: life, liberty, property
Natural Rights
This philosopher believed people have natural rights that government must protect.
Locke
True / False: The colonists had representation in Parliament
False
“Each of us puts his person ... under the supreme direction of the general will.”
Rosseau
Ancient Athens was a _____ democracy
Direct
This Big Idea is the belief that people have freedoms the government cannot take away.
Rights
This document was written by colonists to create a quick government focused on the general good.
Mayflower Compact
decisions about a case are made by the people
Trial by jury
This philosopher believed people do not hand over their rights to a ruler, instead they sign a social contract with their community and follow the general will.
Rousseau
Who had the final approval on laws?
Royal Governor
“If any two men desire the same thing, which nevertheless they cannot both enjoy, they become enemies; and in the way to their end ... endeavour to destroy or subdue one another.”
Hobbes
One of the most important contributions of ancient Athens was _______, which allowed fellow citizens to determine the outcome of a trial.
The idea that government powers should be divided so that one branch does not become too powerful.
Separation of Power
These letters encouraged people to fight against corruption and for freedom of expression.
Cato's Letters
citizens elect representatives to run the government for them
Republic
Describe the state of nature according to Rosseau:
Peaceful, simple, everyones needs are met
Which group is elected by the colonists?
Colonial Assembly
“All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.”
Locke
List the three branches of the Roman Republic
Consuls, Senate, Assemblies
This Big Idea says people have the right to fair and reasonable laws and that officials must treat everyone the same.
Due Process
Which document said “No free man shall be taken or imprisoned… save by the lawful judgment of his peers”?
Magna Carta
everyone has a right to everything; no rules, no one in charge
State of Nature
Choose two political philosophers and describe one disagreement they have about the social contract.
Who acted as the highest court in each colony?
The Royal Governors Council
“What man loses by the social contract is his natural liberty and an unlimited right to everything he tries to get and succeeds in getting; what he gains is civil liberty and the proprietorship of all he possesses.”
Rosseau
During the Roman Republic, in which branch were 'the people' represented?
Assembly