Why Government?
Definition of State of Nature?
What is everyone had a right to everything.
What is a organization inside a state that controls the actions and policies of the state?
Government
What is a dictatorship?
a form of government where one leader has absolute control over citizens’ lives.
Laws are fair, they’re enforced, and nobody is above the law.
Rule of Law
Who wrote Cato's Letters? What year was it written?
Definition of Social Contract
Agreement between the people and their government
What is a body of people, living in a defined space, with the power to make and enforce laws?
State
A king or queen rules the country
Monarchy
This limit on government is by dividing up the power, a country can make sure that no one person or part of government gets too much control
Separation of Powers
The Pilgrims left England in this ship headed for the Virginia colony.
Mayflower Compact
What is natural rights?
Life, liberty, and property
How can boundaries change in a territory?
Two basic types of democracies:
Representative and Direct
This limit on government means giving permission.
Consent of the Governed
This document was written in 1215 that limited the power of the king and protected certain rights for the nobles
The Magna Carta
Another name for sovereign.
Ruler
What is a group of people who are the members or citizens of a state?
Population
A small group that rules a country after taking it over by force
Junta
This limit on government means protecting rights of small or unpopular groups regardless of what the majority believes
Rights of the Minority
Thomas Paine published a pamphlet called what?
Common Sense
Name of the book Thomas Hobbes wrote.
Leviathan
Name the four roles of government.
Keep order, Protect the Country, Make Laws, and Help Citizens
This form of government recognizes God as the ultimate authority
Theocracy
How citizens give their consent to a government?
Voting
Parliament eventually passed the English Bill of Rights in what year?
1689