Enlightenment

the idea that the government receives its powers from the people.

• Monarchy

• Popular Sovereignty

• Oligarchy

• Unlimited Government

the people elect leaders to make the laws.

• Representative Government

• Unlimited Government

• Democratic Socialism

• Social Contract

governing powers are restricted by constitution and people have a voice in the decision making.

• Unlimited government

• Representative government

• Monarchy

• Limited Government

individual rights and freedoms are limited; no restrictions are placed on the government preventing one person from taking control.

• Unlimited government

• Representative government

• Monarchy

• Limited government

a state or nation in which the supreme power is held by a monarch; supreme power is held by a single person (unlimited government).

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

government by the people; a form of government in which the people have power exercised directly by them under a free electoral system/voting (limited government).

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Democracy

A document that provides the framework that establishes the proper functions of government.

• Constitution

• Magna Carta

• Natural Law

• Separation of Power

an overthrow or replacement of an established government or political system

• War

• Constitution

• Social Contract

• Revolution

A law that could be applied to everyone and was the key to understanding government.

• Democratic Law

• Socialist Law

• Monarchy Law

• Natural Law

An agreement between rulers and the people stating that if a ruler took away people's natural rights they had the right to revolt.

• Magna Carta

• Constitution

• Social Contract

• Popular Sovereignty