Flashcards: Foundations of Government
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Created by:
mrfinkill on October 16, 2009
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declaration of independence, government
Description:
Review for our test on the foundations of Government
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Natural Rights | rights that we have because we are human |
| Social compact/contract | agreement between the people and the government where the people give up power to be protected |
| Intolerable Acts | closed Boston Harbor |
| Declaration of Independence | colonies declared they are free from England |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| John Locke | philosopher who believed in natural rights |
| State of Nature | where no rules, laws or government exists |
| consent | agreement |
| Parliament | law making group in England that represented the people |
| taxation without representation | being taxed by a government that you didn't elect, Parliament did this to the colonies |
| civil rights | Rights given to the people by the government; the government will protect these rights |
| civic virtue | The ability of a person to put the good of the entire society before their own person fame, wealth or other success |
| government | Organization that exercises political power in a society |
| rule of law | Political idea that states that all people, including members of the government, are equally responsible for following the law |
| democracy | Form of government in which people exercise direct political power by individually voting on each issue - ancient Greece |
| republicanism | Form of government in which people exercise indirect political power by electing representatives to represent their interest in government - ancient Rome |
| Montesquieu | man who believed in the separation of powers of government & that government would check & balance its power |
| Constitution | government of, by and for the people |
| Declaration of Independence | government conceived in Liberty & dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal |
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