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Gov: Chapter 1 Terms
Gov: Chapter 1 Terms 1.1-1.3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Thomas Hobbes | - The leviathan -Humans live in a "state of nature" rather than in a govern state |
| Limited Government | -Kept under control by law, checks and balances, and separation of power |
| John Locke | -Natural laws -People were born free and equal as long as other did so as well |
| Baron de Montesquieu | -The spirit of the laws - Believed republican form of government as having define and limited power -Argued for separation of power |
| Natural Rights | -ideas that all humans have basic rights -Life, liberty, and property |
| Popular Sovereignty | -The government is based on the consent of the people |
| Representative Republic | A group of states gathered for the national interest, nation needs, and national defense |
| Republicanism | - Life, Liberty, and property - |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau | -social contract -popular sovereignty -free and equal people might have to abandon certain natural rights in order to find secure protection for society to find freedom |
| John Adams | - drafted the Declaration of Independence |
| Declaration of Independence | -Break up letter -The colonist motivations for independence |
| Benjamin Franklin | -Embodied enlightenment ideals -Participated in the drafting the declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Treaty of Paris with Britain. |
| Alexander Hamilton | -Fought in the American Revolution -Help drafted the Constitution -First secretary of the treasury |
| Thomas Jefferson | - drafted the Declaration of Independence |
| James Madison | -Father of the Constitution |
| U.S. Constitution | - Established a system of balance among branches of the Government -Rules based on the rule of law - Gave the Government 3 branches |
| George Washington | -1st U.S President -Participated alone as the calming force during heated debates |
| Elite Democracy | - elected representatives make the decisions and act as trustees for the people |
| Interest Group | - a group of people that seek to influence public policy based on the common interest or concern |
| Participatory Democracy | - Depends on the direct participation of the people |
| Pluralist Democracy | - people with varying interest find other who share their interest and organize and unite into nongovernmental groups. |
| Representative Democracy | -People who vote for representatives then who vote on policy |
| Anti-Federalists | - opposed the ratification of the U.S Constitution -opposed the consolidation of the states under a federal government |
| Federalist | -supported the U.S Constitution |
| Initative | - Gave the people power to place a measure on the ballot for the popular vote |
| Referendum | - Allows citizen to contest the work of the legislature |
| Faction | - small organized group within a larger one |
| Federalist No.10 | - addressed concerns over factions - For Federalist |
| Brutus No,1 | -Argues that rarely would the citizens of a large nation know their elected representatives -For Anti-Federalist |
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