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APGO1
Unit 1 Study Cards
Question | Answer |
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the ability to get others to do what you want | power |
everything a government does or doesn't do | policy |
the battle over who gets what, when, where and how | politics |
1st government of the freed colonies | Articles of Confederation |
Life without government is harsh, brutish and shosrt | Hobbes |
author of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
to whom was the Declaration of Independence addressed | the world |
Locke's "natural rights" | life, liberty and the pursuit of property |
freedom of choose | liberty |
supreme, ultimate authority within a specific area, legally and independent of any other government | sovereignty |
highest class rules | aristocracy |
government is unable to act on important issues usually the result of divided government | gridlock |
president and majority of Congress align with opposite parties | divided government |