Government Unit 1
Citizen are obligated to abolish tyrannical governments
"But when a long train of abuses... reduces them [man] under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty,to throw off such government."
Adam smith
"Father of modern economics" who believed in the state and mankind enter into a relationship.
Government is empowered and limited by the people
"That to secure these rights, Governments are institute among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."
Human have a natural right to life, liberty, and property.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty , and the pursuit of happiness."
Loyalists or Troy
was a colonists who pledged allegiance to the crown.
Common Law
was a system of English Law based on precedents of custom or prior judicial decision.
Royal Colonies
were under the direct control of the king through a representative governor.
Yorktown
In the Revolutionary war, fighting ended after the Battle of _________.
grievances against
The Declaration of Independence lists 18 ______ the king of Great Britain.
Legislative
The branch of government that makes laws is known as the ________ branch.
English Bill of Rights
The deposition of King James ll resulted in the ______ giving power to Parliament, empowering the church of England, and establishing individual liberties of British subjects.
Social Contract Theory
The state's power limited by the people; formed the framework for american government.
Totalitarianism
This form of government controls every aspect of an individuals life.
Despotism
This form of government has an absolute ruler who only looks out for himself and reigns as a tyrant.
Feudalism
This form of government was based on ownership of land and a social class system.
Absolute Monarchy
This is hereditary ruler governed by divine right.
Charter
allowed groups of colonists to direct their own affairs by choosing their own representatives.
Evolution Government Theory
family, clans, tribes, and finally into states.
Proprietary colonies
formed under representative landlords who had been given land by the king for business venture.
The battle of Lexington
marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.
Unitary Government
-All political power is concentrated in centralized government. -Decisions can be made more quickly.
Confederation
-Government is Subservient to the people. -A state government can restrict the central government's powers.
Confederate Government
-If a portion of the population disagrees with the policies of a government, the people can weaken the central governments power. -States governments within a country are more powerful than the central government.
Federal
-Power is divided between central and state government. -The national and state governments are independent of one another.
Characteristic of states
-sovereignty -government -territory -people
Patriot
A colonist who chose independence over loyalty to the crown was a ________.
Mercantilism
An early economic system that gave the government strict control over business.
Laissez-faire
An economic system without government interference.
Charles de Montesquieu
Argued for the principles of separations of powers that later became the framework of the american constitution.
Thomas Paine
Author of Common Sense
Divine Right of Kings Theory
Authority based on inherent right from God.
True
Capitalism is essentially the same as free enterprise.
George Washington
Commander of the Continental Army
Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
French Bishop who activated the divine right of kings theory.
Free Enterprise (capitalism)
Grew out of and closely subscribes to the laissez-faire system.
Communism
Grew out of socialism but differed by seeking to control all areas of society.
Presidential
In a __________ form of government only the legislature makes the laws, and the leader to the executive branch us elected by the people.
Parlimentary
In a ____________ for of government, the legislature selects the leader of the executive branch and may recall him at any time.
Paul Revere
One of three riders who warned colonists that the British had moved out of Boston and were heading toward Lexington.
Thomas Hobbes
Philosopher who believed man would forfeit his personal rights and subject himself to a sovereign state for his self-preservation.
John Locke
Philosopher who believed people would be willing to forfeit some of their rights and while requiring the state to honor both civil and natural rights.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Philosopher who saw the relationship between the government and mankind as a reciprocal agreement where the state committed to mankind and mankind committed to the good of the state.
Federal Government
Political power is shared between independent central and state government.
John Hancock
President of the Second Continental Congress
Force Theory
States created by war; rule of the strong over the weak.
Socialisms
Was a reaction to capatalism
To dissolve allegiance to Britain and declare independence.
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
Alexander Hamilton
Which New York representative and founding father called for the meeting that led to the creation of the Constitution of the United Stated?
It could not coin money to pay for the war
Which answer did NOT contribute to the Articles of Confederation's failure to establish a strong central government?
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Wrote the Communist Manifesto
Shays' Rebellion
_______ revealed that the Articles of Confederation might be weaken the U.S. government too much to keep the peace and protect Citizens.
A charter
is a new entity created by the authority of someone with sovereign power.
