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| Athens | it was a direct democracy in Greece, free males could particpate |
| Rome | it was a republic (representative democracy), had 3 branches |
| Magna Carta | first Constitution, signed by King John, limited gov't, fundamental rights, trial by jury, due process |
| English Petition of Rights | basic rights: jury trial, end martial law & quartering of troops, protect property; rule of law |
| English Bill of Rights | limited monarch, William and Mary, Bloodless Revolution, petition, parliamentary check, free election, no standing army |
| due process | right to be treated fairly by the government & judicial system |
| limited government | government is not all powerful; often bound by a constitution |
| rule of law | all persons must follow the law |
| consent of the governed | government gets its power to rule from the people, most common expression is voting |
| separation of powers | Montesquieu, putting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies |
| Great Compromise | created a bicameral legislature which one house for equal representatiion (Senate) and one for population (House of Representatives) |
| VA Statute for Religious Freedom | written by Thomas Jefferson, model for the first amendment regarding religion |
| Rousseau | French social contract theorist, believed in the common good |
| VA Declaration of Rights | written by George Mason, model for the US Bill of Rights |
| Charters of the VA Company of London | created Jamestown, made colonists English subjects, set up a representative form of government, private property |
| James Madison | wrote the Constitution, authored the Virginia Plan, 4th president, father of the constitution |
| Hobbes | English political philosopher, social contract theorist, believed in absolute monarchy |
| Locke | English political philosopher, social contract theorist, natural rights theoriest |
| social contract | agreement of people to give up some rights to create a mutually beneficial society |
| natural rights | those rights given to one just for being born, god (deity) given, not man given |
