history 2 Flashcards
greco
greece
athens 500 B.C.
first city state with direct democracy
citizens had responsibilities
obeying laws, serving time on juries
limits on citizenship
males fro athens only
made laws on behalf of people
elected senate and had assemblies
first of many emeporers
Augustus Cesar
spread ideas of
citizenship,government,rule of law
innocent till
innocent until proven guilty
Judaism
faith of Hebrew or Jewish people
belief in one god
monotheism
ten commandments
respect god and others
Christianity had roots in
Judaism
Christianity became official religion of
Rome
rulers were subject to
God’s laws
god believed in
equality before god regardless of wealth or position
magna carta 1215
limited the kings power to tax
English bill of rights
william and mary
representative governments
legislators, assemblies
John Locke
life, liberty,property, social contract
Montesquieu
separation of powers, checks and balances
Jean Jacques Rousseau
by nature good, government creates differences
enlightlment
Age of Reason
ignorance
uninformed
enlightenment people were convinced that
1: discover natural laws of universe
2:determine natural rights of man kind
3: reach unending knowledge , technical achievement, moral values
