Types of Government
In this type of government, representatives are elected to make decisions on behalf of the people.
Representative Democracy
People agree to give up some freedoms and the government agrees to protect the people’s rights in return.
Citizens give authority to the government in exchange for the protection of their rights.
Consent of the governed
This document guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to Virginia colonists.
The Charters of the Virginia Company of London
This Enlightenment thinker believed that people have the right to speak freely, and this right should be defended by everyone
Who is Voltaire
The monarch is head of state and an elected body (parliament) is head of government.
Constitutional Monarchy
This thinker believed in natural rights...life , liberty and the right to own property.
Who is John Locke
Government is not all-powerful and may do only those things the people have given it the power to do.
Limited government
This document established the principle that no one is above the law, not even the king.
What is the Magna Carta?
Written by George Mason and served as the basis for the United States Bill of Rights.
What is the VA Declaration of Rights
One person or group of people make decisions in government.
Dictatorship
This thinker believed that the branches of government should be separate, so that not one part of government becomes too powerful.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu
Everyone, including government officials, must follow the law.
Rule of Law
This document established the principle of separation of church and state and influenced the First Amendment.
The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
In this system of government, the people rule.
Democracy
The monarch is both head of state and head of government, and makes all decisions in government.
Absolute Monarchy
The Enlightenment thinkers began to use this instead of faith to question the world around them at the time.
What is reason & logic.
In a democratic system of government, the people rule.
Democracy
This document states that all people are equal under the law and that all people of inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
The Declaration of Independence
This document establishes the structure of the United States government
The Constitution
All citizens vote on everything.
Direct democracy
This thinker believed that legislative power belonged to the people.
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau
In a representative system of government, the people elect public office holders to make laws and conduct government on the people's behalf.
Representative government
Our nation's first constitution and gave more power to the state governments than national government.
The Articles of Confederation
These are rights that cannot be taken away
Unalienable rights. Life , liberty and the right to own property.