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Social Contract Theory |
Every person has unalienable rights and agrees to give up power to the state in return for the state'a service to the general well-being of the people.
•John Locke's Theory •Led to Magna Carta, English and American Bill of Rights and the Constitution |
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Divine Right Theory |
God gave an individual or group the right to rule (usually through lineage)
•This was the most common theory up through the 18th century when the French and American revolution spurred other revolutions across the globe.federalism |
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Federalism |
Powers are divided between central and local governments
•They act separately but the the state can not do anything or make any laws that conflict with national law. Likewise the federal government can not so anything or make any laws that take away the laws and rights of the people and the state. |
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Influences on Thomas Jefferson |
John Locke John Adam Historical Documents |
