| A | B |
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| direct democracy | government in which all citizens had say via participation in voting |
| representative democracy | the citizens elect representatives to act of their behalf in government |
| Locke | declared that all men are born with the natural rights of "life, liberty and property" and no government can revoke these rights |
| Jean Rousseau | developed the idea of the social contract |
| social contract | held that a social contract existed between government and the people |
| Baron de Montesquieu | an enlightenment philosopher who wrote of the benefits of dividing power in a government among more than one branch |
| Mayflower Compact | Pilgrims consented to be governed and to abide by the decisions of their government |
| Albany Plan of Union | the earliest attempt at organizing the 13 colonies against the French; It was soundly rejected by the colonial governments as a threat to the democratic institutions that had created in the absence of direct British rule. |
| salutary neglect | the ignoring of the colonies for their own health |
| House of Burgesses | developed in Virginia as a representative democracy in which elected officials served as the voice of their regions within the state |
| town meetings | in Massachusetts, all white, land-holding men were allowed to participate |
| Articles of Confederation (1781-1789) | the foundation for this first attempt at a national government |
