Athens, Rome or Both
Had a larger territory and population to control.
Rome
This characteristic means having a set of boundaries.
Territory
..."life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short."
Hobbes
When there is "rule of law," the law applies to ______________.
everyone
Written in 1620 it created a self-government in the colony of Massachusetts.
Mayflower Compact
Existed during the Classical Period.
both
An organization that makes and enforces laws.
Government
Believed all people were entitled to natural rights, life, liberty, and property.
Locke
With "separation of power," no branch of the government has too much of this.
power
Written by English Nobles in 1215 and set foundations for Parliament.
Magna Carta
Citizens participated directly in government.
Athens
The ability to rule absolutely.
sovereignty
People were born with a tabula rasa, or blank slate for a mind.
Locke
This document is like a rulebook that tell hows laws are allowed to be made in the state.
constitution
Expanded the powers of Parliament and limited the powers of the King
English Bill of Rights
Studied by later political scholars
both
Rural or urban, could be poor or wealthy, different levels of access to technology, education, water, and other resources.
population
He believed there should be a "separation of powers" where the government is divided in parts to prevent one part from becoming too powerful.
Montesquieu
When citizens of a country give their permission to be governed by the country's government, and they do this by voting.
consent or consent of the governed
This pamphlet urged support for colonial independence from Britain.
Common Sense
People elected other citizens to represent them.
making laws, keeping order, Protecting the country, Helping citizens
Believed each part of the government should be equal and could "check and balance" the power of the other branches.
Montesquieu
protecting the rights of small or unpopular groups regardless of what the majority believes.
rights of the minority or minority
A collection of newspaper articles that urged against the power of the king written by anonymous authors.
Cato's Letters