Origins of American Government

The new Constitution

A. Went into effect in 1789.

B. Included several Enlightenment concept

• Federalist in charge

  The New Jersey Plan Implemented

• Limited government

  Consent of the governed.

    Separation of powers.

    Republic/democracratic

• Amendment added

  Domestic Support

  Term of definition

  absolute risk

• Access eligibility review

  accountable officers

  acquired land

  Active duty

Antifederalists1. Feared the government under the Constitution might be too _______________________

2. Didn’t think the Constitution adequately protected the ____________________ of the people.

3. Wanted a ___________________________ added to the Constitution.

• confusing

  property

  first amendment

• aerospace defense

  air liaison

  first amendment

• weak

  active lock

  adoption services

• strong

         rights

  Bill of Rights

All power rests with the

• people

• government

• President

• the priest

Ancient ______________________- first republic.

• Greece

• Italy

• Egypt

• Rome

An institution through which society ______________ and ____________________ its public policies.

• enforces

  distributes

• handles

  distributes

• uses

  abuses

• makes

  enforces

Dictatorship a. All power rests with the _____________________.

Idea is found in the ________________________.

• Magna Carta

• Kings and Queens

• Democrats

• Liberals

Separation of powers

The idea that the _________________ of a government should be __________________ between different parts or people in the government.

___________was an Enlightenment philosopher that wrote about this idea.

• Montesquieu

• George William Friedrich

• Karl Marx

• Jean-Jaques

Locke’s Second Treatise on Government

A. Developed his idea of the _____________________________ theory.

• Closed Forum

• Open Theory

• Social Contract Theory

• Open Floor Concept