1.1-1.2 Flashcards

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Thomas Hobbes

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Everyone should give up some rights to live in peace under the government

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John Locke

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People should rebel when the government does not take consent from governed

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Social Contract

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Wrote by Rousseau
abandon some rights to have protection for society and to have freedom through the government

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Popular sovereignty

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the people have the ultimate ruling authority, and government carries out the laws

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Republicanism

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Having limited power in the government and giving citizens the right to elect their leaders

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Four ideals of democracy

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Popular Sovereignty, republicanism, natural rights, social contract

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Direct government

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All citizens vote on each issue

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Representative Republic

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elected representative vote for citizens

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Participatory

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broad participation in politics but citizens don’t make the final decision, representatives do
ex: town hall

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Initiative

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Oppurtunity to right bills and petition with signatures to take a vote on laws

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11
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Pluralist

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Group based activism by nongovernmental interests
ex: NAACP, NOW, NRA

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Elite

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limited participation in politics, mainly the wealthy and most educated
ex: electoral college

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Federalists

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supported contitution

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Anti-federalists

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opposed constitution

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15
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Continental congress

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debated declaring independence, and wrote what became the declaration of independence

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articles of confederation

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first version of the constitution that had to be revised