Vocabulary
To approve of something or allow something to take place is to give
consent
Locke believed that everyone should have....
Natural Rights
Majority Rules- People are involved with the everyday working of government
Direct Democracy
The part of a person’s life that is not business or government
Private Domain
Life, Liberty, Property
Natural Rights
The study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.
philosophy
Locke believed that without government we would be living in a....
state of nature
A government with limits on its power is called a
Constitutional Government
A legal framework for government
Constitution
A person of unlimited power, one with no way for people to object to government
dictatorship
Both citizens and their leaders are willing to set aside their private interests and personal concerns for the common good
Civic virtue
Locke believed that people should give consent to have a government. Locke called this kind of agreement a...
Social Contract
What is a country called where power is held by people who elect representatives who make laws for the common good. Ruled by law.
Republic
A set of laws that establish and limits the power of government
Higher Law
The "break up letter"
The Declaration of Independence
A small organized group within a larger one, especially in politics.
faction
Locke believed that people get their natural rights...
from birth
A form of democracy where the people elect leader to represent their rights and interests in government.
Representative Democracy
How are people selected to serve in government?
Elections
A person elected to act and speak for others
Representative
These individuals used the ideas of John Locke to create the Declaration of Independence
founders
Locke believed that the purpose of government is to...
protect natural rights
No one is in charge- no rules, no government , no laws
Anarchy or State of Nature
True or False. Constitutions can be written or unwritten
True
Representative Democracy is similar to what other form of government?
Republic