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Hobbes

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beloved people are naturally selfish, and life with out government would be dangerous

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Locke

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beloved that everyone has natural rights (life, liberty and property). He thought governments should protect these rights, if they don't people have the right to change them.

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Montesquieu

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beloved the importance of separating government powers to prevent any group from becoming too powerful.

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Rousseau

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Believed people are naturally good but influenced by society.

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Monarchy

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form of government in which a single person, the monarch holds supreme authority.

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Constitutional monarchy

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Monarchs power is limited by laws.

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Representative democracy

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a system of government where citizens make laws on their own

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Direct democracy

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a form of government in which laws are decided by a majority

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Oligarchy

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a small group of people having control of a country

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Theocracy

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Believed that god is in charge at all times