Ch. 3 Roots of Democracy

Principle that government is based on clear and fairly enforced laws and that no one is above the law

• Limited Government

• Separation of Powers

• Rule of law

• Majority Rule

Political system in which the powers exercised by the government are restricted, usually by a written constitution

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

• Separation of Powers

• Constitutionalism

Idea that the powers of government should be split between two or more strongly independent branches to prevent any one person or group from gaining too much power

• Constitutionalism

• Separation of Powers

• Rule of Law

• Majority Rule

Belief that governments should operate according to an agreed set of principles, which are usually spelled out in a written constitution

• Rule of Law

• Limited Government

• Separation of Powers

• Constitutionalism

Idea that decisions approved by more than half of the people in a group or society will be accepted and observed by all of the people

• Majority Rule

• Separation of Powers

• Limited Government

• Constitutionalism

The colonists views on government came from where?

• English roots

• Religious traditions

• English & French Enlightenment

• All options are correct

Ancient Judaism's idea of ____________________ was adopted by colonists

• Nonviolence

• Representative Democracy

• Justice

• Direct Democracy

This document defined the rights and duties of English nobles, set limits on monarch's power, and established the principle of the rule of law. The colonists had great respect for the ideas in this document.

• The Magna Carta

• The Petition of Right

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Constitution

Montesquieu introduced the idea of ____________________, in which governments are organized to prevent any one person or group from dominating others

• Separation of Powers

• Social Contract

• Natural Law

• Bill of Rights

This was a tax that Parliament placed on all paper goods in the colonies.

• Tax Act

• Townshend Acts

• Stamp Act

• Paper Act