American Government Final 4 Flashcards
A transformer or electrical device, sometimes referred to a car’s motor.
Tyranny
emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers
Enlightenment
any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
Natural Rights
The idea that the powers of the government should be split between two or more strongly independent branches to prevent any one person or groof from gaining too much power.
Separation of Powers
a political system in which the powers exercised by the government
are restricted, usually by a written constitution
Limited Government
The principle that government is based on clear and fairly enforced laws that no one is above the law.
Rule of Law
Proposed a series up amendments to the articles up confederations. theses changes created a somewhat more powerful national government with a unimerraceal or one house legislature in which all states had equal representation, William Patterson.
New Jersey Plan
believed in a two house legislature, or a bicameral legislature. they thought that the representation in both houses should be by the population up the state, James Madison was a major leader in this plan.
Virginia Plan
What are the beliefs and the contributions: Montesquieu Locke Rousseau Hobbes
Locke was an english political theorist and philosopher whose ideas helped laid the foundations for democratic government. Locke believed that people form governments to protect their rights and not save them from themselves.
Rouddeau was a french philosopher who believed that people were naturally good but were corrofted and enslaved and societiy
Hobbes was an english philosopher who who developed a notion of social contrast between rulers and their subjects. he thought that people needed a strong ruler to govern over the people.
What was this document and how did it effect the government: Magna Carta
defined the rights and duties up english nobles and set limits on the monarch’s power.
What was this document and how did it effect the government: Mayflower Compact
Made an agreement for the governing up a new colony. The people needed to follow “just and equal rights.”
What was this document and how did it effect the government: Petition of Rights
The petition challenged the idea of the divine right of kings, declaring that even a monarch must obey the law of the land.The petition challenged the idea of the divine right of kings, declaring that even a monarch must obey the law of the land.
What was this document and how did it effect the government: English Bill of RIghts
new individual rights guaranteed to british subjects included the right to petition the king, bear arms, and freedom from cruel and unusual punishments.
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and its arguments against trhe British monarchy?
e main purpose of America’s Declaration of Independence was to explain to
foreign nations why the colonies had chosen to separate themselves from Great
Britain.
Why was the structure of the Articles of Confederation weak?
No power to tax or trade, congress only had one house, 9 out of the 13 states had to ratify an amendment, no executive or judicial branch, no national currency, and all 13 states had o agree in order to mend the articles.
