AP Gov: Foundations American Gov't
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Social Contract | agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed. |
| Mayflower Compact | Document written by the pilgrims while at sea enumerating the scope of their gov't and what they expect of citizens |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | 1620 colony |
| popular consent | the principle that gov'ts must draw their powers from the consent of the governed |
| popular sovereignty | the notion that the ultimate authority in society rests with the people |
| Which does not lead to American settlement in 17th century | Hobbes and Locke's social contract theories |
| The framers who drafter the constitution believed in the necessity of a | Social contract |
| Social contract theory proposed by | Hobbes and Locke |
| Natural Rights | idea of personal property (locke) |
| Indirect democracy | based on belief of representation |
| Interchangeable terms that describe a type of government where people are represented by elected officials | republic and democracy |
| Oligarchy | system of government where rule is done by the few |
| Natural Law | doctine that society should be governed by certain ethical principles that are a part of nature |
| Major author of Dec of Ind | TJ |
| The preamble does not state American gov't should | Establish peace |
| Magna Carta | A legal document written by English lords in 1215 that stated certain rights and limited the power of the King. Turning point in british history |
| English Bill of Rights | Document written by Parliament and agreed on by william and mary of England in 1689, designed to prevent abuse of power by english monarchs; forms the basis for much in american government and politics today. Parliament is an equal with the king. |
| Why did the Framers change property to happiness? | Slaves were property at the time, so it would be contradictory |
| What did articles of confederation do well? | Establish NW ordinance. |
| What did A.O.C. not do well? | No source of revenue to implement measures. Who solves state disputes? no national currency. Only 1 branch of government |
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