1-Do I have too?
King, Queen, Emperor, Czar
What is Monarchy
Laws are based in the state religion
Theocracy
Complete Power
What is Absolutism?
Citizens Vote
What is Democracy?
Government with a ruling Document
What is Constitutionalism
Tyrant/Tyranny
legislative body with members elected to make/write laws - England
parliament
Has absolute power, usually held through force
Dictator/Dictatorship
House of Representatives & the Senate - USA
Congress
Head of the Executive Branch/Head of a Government that is not a Monarchy
President/ Prime Minister
what year was the declaration of independence?
1776
separate branches of government have the ability to inspect the power of another government branch
Checks & Balances
No one person, or government branch can hold all the power
Limited Government
Everyone is held accountable to the law
Rule of Law
an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
Separation of Powers
A form of government where the people hold power, but elect representatives to exercise it
Republic
powers that are shared between the federal and state governments
Shared Powers
a person that represents citizens in the legislature
Representative
Private ownership of the "means of production"
Capitalism
people are the source of all political power and legitimacy
popular sovereignty
Socialism/Communism with a racial hierarchy
Fascism
Government and the citizens control the "means of production"
Socialism
describes a system of government where some powers belong to the national government, and some powers belong to the state/Powers shared by the state and national government
Federalism
Government owns the "means of production"
Communism
Life, Liberty, pursuit of happiness, and the right to own private property/ Philosophy of John Locke
Natural Rights