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US Government Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Totalitarianism | government controls every aspect of a person's life making all decisions |
| man will give up his rights willingly to get civil rights | Thomas Hobbes |
| state and man make a contract with each other | *Thomas Hobbes *John Locke *Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
| John Locke | if the state threatens the rights of man given to them naturally, man has the obligation to over throw that government |
| State is accountable as a whole | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Man will give up his own desires for the common good |
| Feudalism | government is based on land ownership and has social classes |
| Despotism | Government with an absolute ruler or tyrant who focuses only on himself |
| Democracy | ruled by the people |
| Royal colony | many colonies switch to this type later on |
| Charter colony | founded because of religious persecution |
| Proprietary colony | issued by the king for business purpose; given for exploration |
| Economic theory of communism | discourages competition, government control |
| Economic theory of capitalism | competition, free enterprise, profit driven, private ownership |
| Characteristics of a state | *form of organization called government *must have a territory *must have people *must have power or sovereignty |
| reasons British focused on the colonies | *raw materials *monopoly on trade |
| Principles Jefferson and Locke agreed on | *inalienable rights *consent of the governed *man's obligation to overthrow the government |
| Three principles the new constitutions were designed for | *Popular sovereignty *Limited government *Natural rights of man |
| Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation | *Unicameral *Power of the states is limited *Too many requirements to pass laws *No trade regulations *No ability to generate trade |
| Thomas Jefferson | father of the Declaration of Independence |
| Thomas Paine | Author of Common Sense |
| Plato | author of The Republic |
| Paul Revere | warned the people of the British attaching |
| Karl Marx | father of socialism |
| Adam Smith | Father of economics |
| John Hancock | President of the Second Continental Congress |
| Force Theory | States are formed for warfare; The stronger forces the weaker to submit to their rules |
| Democracy is founded on | *worth of the individual *equality *majority and minority rule *compromise *individual freedom |
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