Gov/Econ final review

(Latin for "the Great Charter")is a charter agreed by King John of England to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons. First document to limit the power of the throne.

• magna carta
• petition of rights
• English bill of rights
• consitution

a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing.

• petition of rights
• mayflower compact
• magna carta
• constitution

an Act of the Parliament of England that deals with constitutional matters and lays out certain basic civil rights. The Bill of Rights lays down limits on the powers of the monarch and sets out the rights of Parliament.

• English bill of rights
• mayflower compact
• constitution
• magna carta

Signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower on November 11, 1620, was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States.

• mayflower compact
• petition of rights
• magna carta
• petition of rights

Drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent rights of men, including the right to reform or abolish "inadequate" government.

• virginia declaration of rights
• petition of rights
• magna carta
• constitution

Spoke on the idea social contract, social construct in which individuals mutually unite into political societies, in his book Leviathan. He also advocates rule by an absolute sovereign, saying that chaos could be averted only by a strong central government which would protect people from their own selfishness.

• john locke
• thomas hobbes
• thomas jefferson
• george washington

An English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and known for his theories on social contract. Author of “The Second Treatise of Government” and major influence on Thomas Jefferson as he wrote the Declaration of Independence.

• john locke
• thomas hobbes
• geroge washington
• thomas jefferson

French political philosopher whose major work, The Spirit of Laws, was a major contribution to political theory. He is famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of powers, which is implemented in many constitutions throughout the world.

• Thomas Locke
  
• Montesquieu
  
• George Washington
• Alexander Hamilton

Refers to several periods of religious revival in American religious history characterized by widespread revivals.

• great awakening
• revival of faith
• world war II
• vietnam war

Government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator.

• authoritarian government
• totalitarian government
• democracy
• communism