UNIT 1 VOCAB: Foundations of Government (HMSCivics)

Locke's idea that people giving up some freedoms in exchange for the government's protection of their rights.

• republic

• limited government

• social contract

• self-government

A state or federal legislature.

• a law making body

• an assembly of judges

• an agreement between countries

• an all powerful ruler

An elected assembly of representatives in colonial Jamestown.

• Parliament

• Magna Carta

• House of Burgesses

• Senate

Locke believed natural rights (_________) could not be taken away by the government.

• agreements between citizens and the government

• reserved for the monarch

• a written plan of government

• freedoms all people are born with: life, liberty, and property

An official order.

• writs of assistance

• duty

• treaty

• proclamation

Refusing to purchase good or services.

• rule of law

• boycott

• assent

• oppression

Grievances

• endorsements

• complaints

• fair examples

• compliments

Committing yourself to the good of the community over self-interest.

• separation of power

• colonialism

• tyranny

• civic virtue

Personal freedoms.

• delegate

• liberty

• duty

• assent

Hobbes view of humans as naturally selfish and quick to fight without a government to establish order.

• liberty

• separation of powers

• enlightenment

• state of nature