The United States Government Flashcards
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Who wrote that people should have the right of “life, liberty and property”?
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John Locke
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Where did the concepts behind the Constitution come from?
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Enlightenment Thinkers
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Montesquieu believed in what?
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“Separation of Power”
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British history and documents such as…
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The Magna Carta, Petition of Rights and The English Bill of Rights
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Federalism is…
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A system where power is divided between different levels of government.
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The Articles of Confederation didn’t work because…
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Their weakness
