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| What is the Evolutionary Theory? | government evolved from the family and tribe system |
| What is the Force Theory? | government emerges when all people were brought under the authority of one person or group (Dictatorship) |
| What is the Divine Right Theory? | god or gods have chosen a person to rule (Monarchy) |
| What is the Social Contract Theory? | people enter into an agreement to be governed (Democracy) |
| Who was Thomas Hobbes? | English philosopher; founder of social contract; people give up rights to have order |
| Who was John Locke? | English philosopher; social contract; people agree to be governed in exchange for protection of rights (life, liberty, and property); people can overthrow an abusive government |
| What was the Magna Carta? | Signed by King John in 1215, proviided the basis for limited government |
| What was the Petition of Right? | further limited the power of the monarch in England to tax without Parliaments consent |
| What was the English Bill of Rights? | protected the individual liberties of citizens |
| What was the Mayflower Compact? | first plan of government in the colonies |
| What was the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut? | constitution in the colonies |
| What was the Virginia House of Burgesses | first elected assembly in the colonies |
| Who was Baron de Montesquieu? | Enlightenment philosopher; came up with separation of powers and checks and balances |
| Who was Jean Jacques Rousseau? | Enlightenment philosopher who came up with majority rule/ for the common good |
| What type of government was set up by the Articles of Confederation? | a Confederacy |
| The Articles of Confederation allowed one branch of government which was? | Congress |
| According to the Articles of Confederation, what could Congress do? | pass laws, make treaties, raise a navy, deal with western lands |
| Why did Shay's Rebellion occur? | there was a severe eocnomic depression |
| What decision did Shay's Rebellion lead to? | need for strong national government |
| What type of Congress was established under the Articles of Confederation? | unicameral legislature |
