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38 Cards in this Set
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Articles Of Confederation |
The first government of the United States was |
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Bill Of Rights |
These are the first ten amendments to the U.S. |
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Checks And Balances |
This is the system of overlapping powers among |
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Citizen |
This is a community member, by birth or by |
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Confederation |
A group of provinces or states that come together |
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Constitution |
This is the system by which the main institutions of |
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Declaration Of Independence |
This was an act passed by the Second Continental |
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Democracy |
In this type of government, political and |
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Direct Democracy |
This is a system of government in which the people |
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Enlightenment |
This was an 18th century intellectual movement |
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Executive |
This is the branch of government that is responsible |
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Federal Government |
This refers to the level of government responsible |
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Federalism |
This system of government has powers divided |
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Federalist Papers |
This was a series of Articles written to persuade |
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Hobbes |
He was a 17th century English philosopher whose book "Leviathan" (1651) helped to clarify both the "social contract theory" of government. |
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Judicial |
This is the branch of government that is responsible for interpreting what the law means. |
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Legislative |
This is the branch of government that creates and makes laws. |
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Leviathan |
This is the name of Thomas Hobbes 1651 book that deals with the structure and nature of society and government, and which was an influence on John Locke and other Enlightenment-era philosophers. |
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Limited Government |
This is a form of government in which the power to rule is significantly restrained by a strong Constitution or other document. |
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Local Government |
This refers to the level of government responsible for things like police and fire protection, and is led by a mayor or council. |
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Magna Carta |
This was the Great Charter of English liberty granted (under considerable duress) by King John at Runnymede on June 15, 1215. |
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Majority Rule |
This is a basic rule of democracy: one more than half of all voting persons must approve for something to become law. |
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Mayflower |
This was was the famous ship that transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. |
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Mayflower Compact |
This was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony, signed by the Pilgrims in November of 1620. |
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Montesquieu |
He was a French philosopher who developed a number of political theories in his Spirit of the Laws. |
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Natural Rights |
This is a political theory that individuals have privileges that no government can deny. |
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Patriotism |
This is a love for one's country. |
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Popular Sovereignty |
This is the belief that the ultimate power of the government rests on the will of the people themselves. |
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Representative Democracy |
This is a type of government in which the people give elected officials the authority to make laws and conduct government business. |
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Representative Government |
This is a type of government in which the citizens elect government officials to make laws and run the government. |
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Republic |
This is a form of government in which citizens elect leaders to run the government. |
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Rousseau |
He was a French Enlightenment philosopher and author of The Social Contract, which became one of the most influential works of political philosophy in the Western tradition. |
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Rule Of Law |
This is the legal notion that the power of government is limited and restrained by legal means and is not at the mercy and whims of individuals. |
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Rule Of Man |
This political concept describes the political condition in which a single ruler or party exercises absolute authority and is not bound by any law. |
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Second Treatise On Government |
This 1689 book by John Locke asserts that governments exist because of a "social contract theory" based on people's natural rights. |
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Separation Of Powers |
This is the Constitutional principle that the law making, executive, and judicial powers be held by different groups and people. |
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Social Contract Theory |
This is an agreement between the governed and the government defining and limiting the rights and duties of each. |
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Spirit Of Laws |
This is the name of the 1748 book by Baron de Montesquieu in which he stresses a government's need to have a separation of power, support of the rule of law, and other Enlightenment-era ideals. |