Axis of Power
A government where power is held by a single person.
Autocracy
This Enlightenment thinker believed that humans needed a strong authority to prevent chaos.
Hobbes
A system wherein power belongs to a ruling family who passes their rulership from parent to child.
Monarchy
A series of pamphlets written to convince British colonists to secede from the British Empire.
Common Sense
This government is a modern example of an oligarchy.
Russia
A government where power is held by a small group of people.
Oligarchy
This Enlightenment thinker proposed the concept of natural rights.
John Locke
A system where religious people and doctrines hold the power.
Theocracy
A charter written by settlers to the New World declaring their intent to rule themselves while maintaining loyalty to the King of England.
Mayflower Compact
This government is a modern example of an autocracy.
North Korea
A government where the central government holds all the power.
Unitary
This Enlightenment thinker proposed the idea of separate branches of government power.
Montesqieu
A system wherein citizens elect representatives to make decisions for them rather than making them themselves.
Republic
A document created by the nobility of England to limit the king's power.
This government is a historical example of a confederal republic.
Confederate States of America (Confederacy)
A government where power is shared between national and regional governments.
Federal
This Enlightenment thinker proposed the concept of the social contract.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A system where the government owns and regulates the major industries in the hopes of spreading wealth around.
Socialism
A document written in the American colonies that served as a prototype for what would later become the Bill of Rights.
Virginia Declaration of Rights
This government is an example of a modern monarchy.
The United Kingdom
A government with a weak national government but strong regional governments.
Confederal
This Enlightenment thinker had the most influence on the FORM of the United States government.
Montesqieu
A system wherein there is no private property and resources and land are shared by the community.
Communism
A document severing the ties between the American colonies and the British Empire.
Declaration of Independence
This government is a historical example of a federal republic.
Roman Republic