Liberatin Da Natin Flashcards
Mercantilism
Only so much wealth in the world
Wealth creates National power
Internacional competition to control wealth
Colonies are created to funnel worlds wealth into the mother country
Influence of merchanileusm
Regulation and restrictions
Navigation acts of the 1600s regulate gold movement
Raw materials were shipped back to England
Payment was funneled into British treasury
American colonies
Forced to repay debts of French and Indian war as well as not allowed to expand westward
American colonial liberty
Magna Carta -prohibited taxation without representation
English bill of rights - made parliament subject to law and and consent to its parliament
French and Indian war
Starts because Americans getting to close to France
French and indians vs British and British colonies
1756-1763
England and colonists win
Byproducts of the French Indian war
Prevent westward expansion
And taxation without representation
Locke argued
Divine right is Bs
Government stems from the people
Rights are god or natural given and not by gov
Gov exists only to protect these rights
If not peoples can revolution
Second continental congress
- Olive branch petition( to make peace with England)
George wash was to lead the armies
Deceleration was created
Performed function as national government throughout the war
Dec of ind based on
John Locke written by Tom jeffs
1776
Problems with the art of confed
No power in central government
Central gov was only made up of a Congress that could not inforce laws or tax the people
Each state against each state
No = trade
No unified currency
No unified foreign policy
Federalists

James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John jay
Group of members bound together by pact with a head of state in charge
Sovereignty divided between state and national.
Antifederalists
Patrick Henry
Elbridge Gerry
Samuel Adams
Seperation of power
Horizontal
Creating multiple governing bodies ie exec judge and legit
Auxiliary precautions
Clearly written constitution limits gov power - ie gov vs founder intention
A gov resting on republican principles-
Gov vs the sovereign which is the peeps. Voting (will of the people vs will of gov)
A continental size gov- makes it so one faction is not in control. Faction v faction
Power of gov is divided - national gov v states
Seperation of power: branch of gov vs branch of gov
Divine fundamentals of the constitution
Separation of power
A written bill of rights
Division of powers
Popular sovereignty
Rule of law
Liberal democracy has
Protection of rights
Rule of law
Protection of property
Separation of power
Democratic process - elections, representation etc…
Rule of law conditions
Generality
Prospectivity
Publicity
Consent
Due process
Generality
All laws must apply to broad categories of people and not just a special group or individual
Prospectivity
Laws must apply to future and not past action. Ie can’t change a law in retrospect to condemn someone. People must have a choice to obey the law
Publicty
Laws must be known by everyone and punishment is consistent and known by everyone
Constent
People must like and agree with the laws they live under. If they don’t like it they have the right to change it.
Due process
Laws must be administered impartially and fairly
Decisión is only based on guilty or innocence
Forces that produced liberty
Church- Constantinople
Lords- Magna Carta
Protests- Protestant reformation
Capitalism- economic freedom
Elements of a liberal society
Shout it out-
Rules -
Are not the property-
Of one person -