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11 Cards in this Set
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John Locke |
Father of Libertarian movement, had profound influence on America's political evolution |
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limited government |
Positive idealistic view of man, left to ourselves we're naturally good, don't need government to police/oppress us, God granted all his children basic human rights |
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Natural rights |
natural rights are life, liberty, and property Believed in individual rights and GOD granted basic human rights, natural rights are sacred |
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Slavery is vile |
ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, first major abolitionist |
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Lockean parts of Constitution |
Religion, speech, protests, safety in homes everyone should be granted complete freedom of religion/worship (1st freedom guaranteed in Bill of Rights) |
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Majority rule |
any oppressed people have the right and duty to overthrow the government |
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Social contract |
Only legitimate government is created by people, government's purpose to protect/preserve property rights |
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Consent of the governed |
choose members of the government |
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Legislative branch |
More power than any other branch, Congress gets to declare war |
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Women's rights |
Mothers shall have equal authority over children and right to own property |
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Educational reform |
tabula rasa = blank slate theory, teacher's job to teach everything |
