American democracy

a system in which the people choose their leaders to govern themselves - this is the type gov't of the U.S.

• oligarchy

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

• autocracy

wrote that man [people] should have the basic rights of life, liberty, and property

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Paine

• Niccolo Machiavelli

inalienable rights that the government cannot take away such as life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

• limited government

• natural rights

• separation of powers

• social contract

an agreement in which the people agree to give up some freedom in exchange for the government's protection of people's rights

• limited government

• natural rights

• separation of powers

• social contract

a system in which the people govern themselves and vote on every matter

• autocracy

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

• oligarchy

Using Locke’s social contract theory he believed it was the right of people to instigate a revolution...

• when laws had unintended consequences

• when people disagreed with their governments leaders on important issues

• when governments act against peoples natural rights

• when the government I vote for isn't elected

Which document did the Founding Fathers write in 1776 to declare the reasons that America was separating from England?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

What it is government?

• An institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce laws affecting the people under its control

• A group of people who collect taxes to help pay for their luxury vehicles

• An organization whose goal is to prepare citizens for menial jobs

• An institution created to spread religion throughout the nation

A state, without government and laws, in a 'state of nature', is

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• anarchy

• democracy

"rule of a few", wherein a small number of people have, and exercise their power

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• direct democracy

• representative democracy