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Government with a strong central authority but local governments have no power of their own
Unitary
Canada has a Queen as its head of state, but also has a formal set of laws that is overseen by a Parliament and a Prime Minister. This means that its government could be classified as
Constitutional Monarchy
Consists of a single, self-appointed ruler who holds political control over an entire country
Autocracy
July 4, 1776. Written by Thomas Jefferson, inspired by John Locke. Included ideas about people's "natural rights"
Declaration of Independence.
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Concept describes how human beings would act in response to there being no government or no laws
State of nature
Who is the head of Parliament and head of the executive branch?
Prime Minister
Magna Carta AND English Bill of Rights deal with the issue of
limiting the monarchy
Who was the Declaration of Independence written TO? (Person the colonists blamed for repeated injuries)
King George III
What is the difference between a representative and direct democracy?
Representative-elected officials represent us
Direct- people are involved directly in making decisions
The Prime Minister is elected by
members of Parliament
Which one is furthest apart from a democracy?
Dictatorship
What was the name of Hobbes' book that depicts the government as a big sea monster?
Leviathan
Believed that humans needed someone to rule over them and tell them what to do, that humans are meant to serve someone else and cannot take care of themselves
Hobbes
"... all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights..."
What concept/whose concept is represented by this line?
Natural rights- John Locke
Executive and legislative branches are SEPARATE in a __________ democracy
Presidential
Which type of government would you probably need to use military force in order to achieve change?
Dictatorship
Declaration of Independence is most influenced by what concept?
Absolute Monarchy
Social Contract Theory
Federal System
Social Contract Theory
Proposed dividing the government into three separate branches
Montesquieu
In order to protect their natural rights, what should citizens do if their government isn't doing its job right?
Change or overthrow it
Who elects the head of the executive branch in a Presidential Democracy
the people
How is the US a representative democracy?
We elect officials to speak for us
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…..
The Dec. of Independence says governments get their power through...
the people
Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau are all
influences that shaped American government