Government :p Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Form of government in which all authority is vested in a central government. | Unicameral |
Two house legislature made up of Parliament and Congress | Bicameral |
Based on a grant of land by English monarch to a proprietor. | Proprietary colony |
Directly controlled by the king through an appointed governor. | Royal Colony |
Operated under charters agreed to by the king and the colony. | Charter Colony |
In 1215 King John is forced to sign this document. "Great charter" | Magna Carta |
Charles I is forced to sign. It increased the power of Parliament | Petition of Rights |
Extends power of the Parliament | English Bill of Rights |
First example of a representative government | Jamestown |
Men on board sign an agreement to form a society in the new world | Mayflower Compact |
Laws limited the power of the government and all men had the right to choose judges | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
First coe of laws in New England offering protections for individual rights | Massachusetts Bay of Liberties |
Broad ideas about representative government | Republicanism |
Reject monarchy | Aristotle |
Discourses on Livy. Republic is based on civic virtue | Niccolo Machiavelli |
Spirit of Laws. Legislative, judicial and executive branches | Charles De Montesquieu |
Second Treatise on Government. People form government to protect their rights. | John Locke |
The social contract. Right to form government. | Jean Jacques Rousseau |
The wealth of Nations. Protect economic freedoms and property rights. | Adam Smith |
First Amendment | Francois Marie Arouet |
Commentaries of the laws of england. Influenced the writing of the constitution | William Blackstone |
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