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30 Cards in this Set

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Divine Right

God given rights

Natural Rights

rights people have under natural law

Social Contract

give freedoms to get freedoms

Enlightment

inspired our founding fathers


The virginia plan

Benefitted more popular at larger states

The new jersey plan

smaller states support it

The great compromise

equal reps in the senante & proportinal reps. In the HOR

The articles of confederation

1st DOI

The goals of preamble

Establish justive, insure born. eranquility.

Republicanism

Separation of powers

Popular sovereignty

Vote

Checks and balances

President can veto to a law

Separation of powers

Legisl. Exec. Jud

Federalism

Federal system of government

Individual rights

Gay marriage

Constitutional republic

U.S.A

Absolute monarchy

Absolute power on his/her people

Unitary System

Great britian

Presidential System

Executive branch president

Parliamentary System

Prime minister

Examples of State powers

Post offices

Examples of concurrent powers

Taxes

John Locke

English writer

Baron de Montesquieu

French lawyer, Man of letters

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century

John Adams

2nd President of the United States

Thomas Jefferson

-3rd President of U.S


-Principal author of declaration of independence

James Madison

-American Statesman


-Political Theorist


-4th President of the United States

George Mason

-"Father of the United States Bill of Rights"


-American Patriot


-Statesman

Roger Sherman

-American Lawyer & Politician


-Founding Father of the United States