Cradle of Democracy & Colonial Influences

Requires all citizens to participate directly in the actions of government

• direct democracy

• republic

• representative democracy

• oligarchy

Citizens elect representatives to run the government for them

• direct democracy

• republic

• oligarchy

• autocracy

The long history of the region that surrounds the Mediterranean Sea

• classical period

• oligarchy

• republic

• monarchy

Basic ideas about what people should be allowed to do

• due process

• rights

• self-government

• rule of law

No person is above the law

• limited government

• rights

• self-government

• rule of law

An individual cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards

• due process

• rights

• self-government

• rule of law

Government has only the roles and powers usually given in a written constitution

• due process

• rights

• limited government

• rule of law

Citizens control their own country

• due process

• rights

• limited government

• self-government

Limit the power of the king of England and protect the rights of the nobility

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Common Sense

Convince people to support the freedom of expression and fight against the king’s heavy handed rule

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Cato's Letters