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Written by Thomas Jefferson and inspired by John Locke, “Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness”, lists grievances against King George III

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Declaration of Independence

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Appointed officials dominate the gov’t through unelected jobs

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Bureaucratic theory

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Government ruled by the people

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Democracy

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How a democratic gov’t makes its decisions. Robert Dahl said equality in voting, all voted are equal (political equality), majority rule, gov’t responds to public opinion

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Democratic theory

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People directly vote for their leaders and laws

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Direct democracy

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Groups of people who possess the most power (money or influence) dominate gov’t

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Elite theory

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The institutions and processes through which policies are made for a society

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Government

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Democratic principle that the people start; people get a petition signed for a law and it is sent to be voted on by other people

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Initiative

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Second Treatise on Gov’t; life, liberty, and property. Gov’t protects natural rights

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John Locke

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51% of the votes in something

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Majority rule

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Spirit of Laws - separated powers among branches

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Montesquieu

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Life, liberty, and property

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Natural rights

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Interest groups compete and compromise with each other to get the gov’t to do what they want

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Pluralist theory

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The most votes in an election

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Plurality

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Gov’t makes a law and allows the people to vote on it

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Referendum

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People vote on who they want to represent them in the gov’t

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Representative democracy

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Gov’t protects natural rights and if not, people can replace the gov’t

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The Social Contract

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Wrote the leviathan

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Thomas Hobbes

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Wrote the Declaration of Independence and inspired by John Locke

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Thomas Jefferson

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A government that enforces recognized limits on those who govern and allows the voice of the people to be heard through free, fair, and relatively frequent elections

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Constitutional democracy

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Belief that a government’s authority is dictated by a specific law or group of laws; constitutional govt; adherence to a system of constitutional govt

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Constitutionalism

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A political system in which the state has substantial centralized control over social and economic affairs

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Statism

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The government derives its right to rule from the consent of the people it governs

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Popular consent

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Form of government that is ruled by religious leaders and in the name of God or another deity

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Theocracy

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First type of US government; weak; did not have the power to tax, raise an army, no executive power or judicial branch, amendment process was difficult, etc

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Articles of Confederation

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Convention held at Annapolis with delegates from five states that wanted to deal with the commerce problems on the Potomac River and determined that the Articles of Confederation needed to be changed

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Annapolis Convention

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Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 that had reps from all states except Rhode Island at which the Constitution of the US was framed

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Constitutional Convention

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Showed that natl govt was weak under the articles of confederation and a stronger govt needed to be sought

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Shay’s rebellion

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Two house legislature

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Bicameralism

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Bicameral legislature based on population, three branch govt, favors large states

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Virginia Plan

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Unicameral legislature with equal representation, executive office appoint Supreme Court, federal judges had life term, favored small states

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New Jersey Plan

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Lower house based on population, upper house equal representation, federal judges appointed for life

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Connecticut Compromise

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Slaves were counted as 3/5 the population to balance power in govt

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3/5 compromise

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Body of people representing the states who formally cast votes for the election of the president and VP

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Electoral College

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In favor of ratifying the constitution creating a federal unit and strong central govt

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Federalists

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Opposed ratifying the constitution and opposed strong central govt; Jefferson, Henry, s.adams

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Anti federalists

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Papers to convince people that ratifying the constitution was the best thing for America; separation of powers, checks and balances, warnings against factions

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The Federalist Papers

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