American And Texas Government Flashcards
Who wrote Leviathan in 1650?
Thomas Hobbes
What famous political treatise (book) did John Locke write in 1689?
Second Treatise on Government or “Two Treatises of Government” in 1689
The Communist Manifesto was written in 1848 by this political theorist?
Karl Marx
All governments face three competing principles.
Order, Equality and Liberty
oldest political principle
order, without it there is chaos
What does Leviathan mean or representing Hobbes eyes?
Hobbes likened the “leviathan” to government, a powerful state created to impose order
What was after order and the challenging part of the three principals
Equality
What did Marx say about Equality
people with power and money will exploit those without it.
What is the last principal
Liberty
Who was famous for the leading of liberty
John Locke
This principle of liberty posits that our rights come from God.
Natural Law
What was the name of our first national constitution?
The articles of Confederation(1776-1787)
What is the first principle of liberty
Natural Law
How many principles are there for Liberty
6 principals
What is the 2nd principle of Liberty
Popular Sovereignty
This principle of Liberty says Power comes from the people
Popular Sovereignty
What is the 3rd principle of Liberty
Limited Government
This principle claims our government has finite power
Limited Government
What principle only allows the government to have power given to it by the people
Limited Government
What is the 4th principle of Liberty
Rule of Law
this principle means that the government must also follow the law
Rule of Law
What is the 5th Principle of Liberty
Political Equality
This principle forces the government to not show favoritism and bias laws
Political Equality
The civil war, American Revolution, and civil rights movement were struggles to advance for which principle of liberty
Political Equality
What is the 6th principle of liberty
Civic Virtue
This principle states that none of these principles matter if the people themselves do not hold these principles
Civic Virtue
The combination of these six principles together is unique in the annals of world history
The principles of Liberty
When people refer to “our founding documents” they usually mean
The Declaration of Independence (1776)
The United States Constitution (1787)
the 27 grievances
it constitutes the violations of the Rule Of Law and was the most important part of the declaration during the revolution
What was the last section of the declaration of independence
Civic Virtue
What is Liberty
Ordered Freedom
Popular sovereignty is a fancy term that means what
popular sovereignty is the idea that government is authorized by citizens and influenced by what they want
