1.1-1.2 Flashcards
Thomas Hobbes
Everyone should give up some rights to live in peace under the government
John Locke
People should rebel when the government does not take consent from governed
Social Contract
Wrote by Rousseau
abandon some rights to have protection for society and to have freedom through the government
Popular sovereignty
the people have the ultimate ruling authority, and government carries out the laws
Republicanism
Having limited power in the government and giving citizens the right to elect their leaders
Four ideals of democracy
Popular Sovereignty, republicanism, natural rights, social contract
Direct government
All citizens vote on each issue
Representative Republic
elected representative vote for citizens
Participatory
broad participation in politics but citizens don’t make the final decision, representatives do
ex: town hall
Initiative
Oppurtunity to right bills and petition with signatures to take a vote on laws
Pluralist
Group based activism by nongovernmental interests
ex: NAACP, NOW, NRA
Elite
limited participation in politics, mainly the wealthy and most educated
ex: electoral college
Federalists
supported contitution
Anti-federalists
opposed constitution
Continental congress
debated declaring independence, and wrote what became the declaration of independence