vocab 1
- _____ a cultural movement (18-Century) in Europe where the thinkers of that time thought that the rules that govern nature could be applied to people and society.
Enlightenment
Principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern.
Rule of Law
Actions we are required to perform as U.S. Citizens.
Civic Duties
An agreement among people in a society with a government. The people agree to give up some freedom and be ruled by government and in return, government had to protect the people's rights.
Social Contract
______ ______ is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan and his foundational work in political philosophy, particularly social contract theory
Thomas Hobbes
The first constitution of united states. Contains 13 specific sections.
Articles of Confederation
A system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain, the power of the others.
Checks and Balances
The legal, social, and political benefits guaranteed to citizens by the U.S. Constitution and federal laws.
Privileges of American Citizens
The principal opposition to war, militarism or violence of any kind as a means of settling disputes, coupled with commitment to non violent conflict resolution.
Pacifism
Wrote a book called the social contract
Jean Jacques Rousseau
A powerful political alliance of indigenous nations in northeastern, North America. Often recognized as one of the oldest participatory democracies in the world
Iroquois Confederacy .
A form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states.
Federalism
A form of government where leaders rule as representatives of a divine being, and religious law forms the foundation of the state's legal system.
Theocracy
The quality or state of being free.
Liberty
_____ ____ is mainly known as the "Father of Liberalism" and a pioneer of British empiricism during the Age of Enlightenment
John Locke
Established the principle of limited government (the idea that a ruler or government is not all powerful).
Magna Carta
A government in which citizens hold the power to rule.
Democracy
A representative democracy in which citizens choose their lawmakers.
Republic
A system where the citizens of a country rule themselves and make their own laws rather than being ruled by a King or outside government.
Self Government
______ fought for civil liberties, free speech, and the separation of church and state
Voltaire
Following established legal procedures (laws to be followed must be reasonable).
Due process
The actions(recommended) people take to participate in their communities, follow laws, and help shape government decisions.
Civic Behavior
A written agreement by pilgrims in Massachusetts. It was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony.
Mayflower Compact
Power is held by a person or a group not accountable to the people.
Authoritarian
________was best known for his theory of the separation of powers
Montesquieu