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| What is a social contract? | People give some of their rights to the government in order to secure their most important rights |
| Who introduced to idea of a social contract? | John Locke |
| What did John Locke say are natural rights? (Hint: There are 3.) | Protect people’s natural rights– life, liberty, and property. |
| According to John Locke, do people have the right to overthrow the government? | Yes, if they are not providing natural rights |
| What were the two major beliefs of Charles de Montesquieu? | Supported divided and balanced power in government and Political power should be divided amongst all classes |
| Mary Wollstonecraft beliefs | A Vindication of the Rights of Women, Favored equal education for women and men, Thought men and women should contribute equally to society |
| Voltaire beliefs | Francois-Marie Arouet, Admired England’s religious liberty, freedom of press, and freedom of speech |
| What is the “common good”? | what is good for the majority of society |
| The English Bill of Rights gurantees? | No standing army during peacetime and free elections |
| The Magna Carta gurantees? | Limited absolute power of the English King. Due process of law Trial by jury |
| Representative government | system of government in which public policies are made by officials selected by the voters and held accountable in periodic elections |
| Limited government | basic principle of American government which states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away |
| Bi-cameral legislature | legislative body composed of two chambers |
| Uni-cameral legislature | a legislative body with one chamber |
| Oligarchy | is a government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usally self-appointmented elite. |
| Autocracy | government in which the a single perons holds unlimited political power |
| Unitary Government | centralized government |
| Confederation | alliance of independent states |
| Civic Duty | Setting aside one’s own personal interests for the common good |
