Unit 1 Vocab: Government 2024

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A group united by common bonds (race, religion, language, customs, etc.)

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Nation

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A political community with a defined territory and organized government, independent of external control.

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State

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Authority to make laws and govern oneself. Independence.

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Sovereignty

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Inherent rights of humanity (Life, Liberty, Property/Happiness).

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Unalienable Rights

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The concept that people must surrender some freedom to the government for protection of their natural rights.

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Social Contract Theory

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18th Century period when philosophers like Locke, Montesquieu, and Voltaire applied scientific inquiry to human society, developing rational laws for social behavior and advocating for human rights and liberal economics.

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The Enlightenment

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Set of rules that limits government power and ensures rights to people.

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Constitution

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Limited government with elected representatives at the will of the people.

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Republic

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English political philosopher who wrote Two Treatises of Government and influenced Jefferson's ideas on natural rights and the Social Contract.

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John Locke

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First president who established the two-term tradition and the Cabinet.

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George Washington