Greece, Rome, Iroquois & The Enlightenment

people give up certain powers to get law and order in return

• Social Contract

• Divine Right

• Natural Laws

• Laissez-Faire

Life, Liberty, and Property

• Natural Rights

• Philosophers

• Natural Laws

• Absolutism

a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment; a scholar or thinker

• Philosopher

• Senator

• President

• Salon

Make changes for improvement to remove abuse and injustices

• Reform

• Social Contract

• Absolutism

• Tolerate

The idea that a country's leader should be chosen by the citizens in a general election

• Republic

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

People in cities gathered here to discuss philosophy and ways to improve human experiences.

• Salon

• Ampitheater

• Arena

• Senate

dividing the power of the government into different branches each with its own powers and duties

• separation of powers

• separation of church of state

• seperation of government

• seperation of government

an alliance between persons, parties, states, etc., for some purpose

• confederacy

• union

• monarchy

• oligarchy

Government headed by a privileged minority or upperclass

• Aristocracy

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

In ancient Rome, the supreme governing body, originally made up of aristocrats.

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Parliament

• President