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Chap. 6 Constitution
Constitution Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| John Locke | *Enlightenment Thinker *Natural Rights *Consent of the governed *Influenced the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution |
| Natural Rights | *Rights that you are born with *Government is supposed to protect them *They cannot be taken away |
| Consent of the Governed | *Government exists because people let it *The people are the source of a government's power *Popular sovereignty |
| Montesquieu | *Enlightenment thinker *Separation of powers * Influenced the structure of our government in the Constitution |
| Separation of Power | *Setting the government up with 3 branches: legislative, executive and judicial *This was done so no one person or group gets too powerful and takes the people's rights away |
| Mayflower Compact | *Signed by the Pilgrims *Set the prescedent for self-government in the colonies |
| Articles of Confederation | *Document that created the first gov't of the United States *Used through the American Revolution *Created a federal government that was too weak, so it needed to be replaced |
| Civil Rights | *Rights that are given to you by your gov't *Unlike natural rights, they can be limited or taken away by the gov't that gives them to you. |
| Federalism | *Political system in which there is a national(or federal) gov't over the whole country and state gov'ts beneath that. |
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