Types of Government
What are the two types of Autocrats/Authoritarians?
Monarchs and Dictators
John Locke wrote that people have natural rights.
What is a Natural Right?
What are the natural rights that he described?
Rights you are born with.
Life, Liberty, and Property.
The first English document to limit the power of a monarch was the
Magna Carta
Each state had this many votes.
1
This children's cartoon is based off an Enlightenment philosopher.
Calvin and Hobbes
This is a state of no government.
What is anarchy?
How does the Social Contract work?
People give up freedom for security. If the Government threatens freedoms/happiness, the people can overthrow the Government.
This document established the first Government in the Americas.
The Mayflower Compact
Why did the Articles Government have no money?
They did not have the power to tax the state/force states to pay back debt.
What is a Tabula Rosa?
Blank Slate
Difference between Direct Democracy and a Republic?
Direct: The will of the majority
Republic: Representative government ruled by a Constitution.
It could be argued that a system of majority rule could:
A Give additional power to minority populations
B Provide little time for fair and frequent elections
C Be unfair to a large percentage of the population
D Prevent people from voicing their opinions
C. Be Unfair to a large percentage of the population.
This document was made to list specific liberties of Britain.
English Bill of Rights
Why was the Articles Government designed to be weak?
Answers may vary (American political leaders were fearful of a powerful central government like England’s.)
According to Mr. A, The Declaration of Independence is the first international _______
A government form where a few people/group rules.
What is an Oligarchy?
John Locke is thought to be one of the philosophers whose ideas influenced Jefferson
and others seeking freedom to write what document?
Declaration of Independence
Common Sense
Amount of votes needs to pass an amendment
13 (100%)
What town did Mr. A get his first teaching job at?
Chillicothe (Bonus if you say Tina)
This religious government type can co-exist with other Governments.
What is a Theocracy?
What best describes a Laissez-Faire style Government?
A government completely controlled by the people. Offers the most responsibility/freedom for the citizens but if not staffed by competent people, then nothing gets done.
This author anonymously wrote articles inspiring British citizens to demand rights.
Who was Cato?
This farmer locked down the courthouses to prevent the farm foreclosures.
Daniel Shay
Polynesian