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40 Cards in this Set

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Amendment that protects speech and religion.
First
Revolution broke out here in 1789-1799.
France
Three branches principle
Separation of Powers
Revolutions broke out here between 1810-1824.
Latin America
Wrote letters to Voltaire and supported Enlightenment ideas for her subjects.
Catherine the Great
Amendment that prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
Eighth
Enlightenment thinkers spoke out against this theory that God determines who rules.
Divine Right of Kings
Right states in Bill of Rights and Magna Carta.
Due Process
Enlightened Despot Catherine the Great ruled this country.
Russia
Its first words are "We the people"
Preamble
Thinker who would have disapproved of the US Constitution.
Hobbes
Father of the US Constitution.
James Madison
Established the first US government that was extremely weak.
Articles of Confederation
Principle behind the three branch system of government.
Checks & Balances
The right given to citizens when government breaks the social contract according to Locke.
Rebel
Punished by the Catholic church for supporting Heliocentric theory.
Galileo
Natural rights philosopher.
Locke
"I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend, to the death, your right to say it."
Voltaire
First 10 amendments
Bill of Rights
Proposed the heliocentric theory of the universe.
Copernicus
This war broke out prior to the Declaration of Independence.
Revolutionary
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."
Rousseau
What citizens must give in order for government to rule.
Consent
Nation that adopted 3 branch system because of US example.
South Korea
Written by Thomas Jefferson.
Declaration of Independence.
Life, liberty, & property.
Natural Rights
Extended rights of subjects while maintaining absolute power.
Enlightened Despots
Belief in progress, non religious outlook and rights of individuals was the enlightenment's ____________.
Legacy
Declaration of Independence rights that can't be taken away.
Unalienable Rights
They declared independence from England.
Colonists
Agreement between government and its people.
Social Contract
Principle that states power is shared between national and state governments.
Federalism
Enlightenment thinkers spoke in favor of a separation between __________ & state,
Church
Intellectual movement emphasizing progress, rights of individuals and questioning traditional religion.
Enlightenment
Consent of the governed principle found in preamble.
Popular Sovereignty
"For punishment to be just it should consist of only such gradations of intensity as suffice to deter men from committing crimes."
Beccaria
Enlightened despot Joseph II ruled this country.
Austria
Enlightened despots Frederick the Great ruled this country.
Prussia
Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
Proved the heliocentric theory mathematically.
Kepler