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11 Cards in this Set
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Limited Goverment
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Not absolute
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Thomas Hobbes
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first to theorize social contract, wanted strong central goverment in form of monarch or king, "people cannotgovern themselves"- said in Leviathan.
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John Locke
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had social contract THEORY but believed people had natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
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Voltaire and Rousseau
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Enlightened french philosiphers. Influenced U.S. goverment and Constitution. Voltaires idea was that people had the right to disagree.
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Montisques
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responsible for separtion of powers.
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Separtion of Powers
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Executive, Judicial, Legislative
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Magna Carta
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1215,King John limited monarchy/gave rights first to nobles later it gave rights to all englishman.
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Petition of Rights
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limited monarch-king charles-limited king to raise taxes- only parlement could.
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English Bill of Rights
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expanded all rights to englishman
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Ratification
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radification of amendment to constitution-2/3 rd's vote of the states ratify amendments
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Popular Soiverenty
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rule of the people-Steve Douglas within territorial bounderies.
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