| A | B |
|---|
| Federalism | Sharing of power between state and federal govt |
| Anarchy | The absence of govt |
| oligarchy | Few people control govt |
| autocracy | Govt control by 1 person |
| monarhcy | govt run by a king or queen |
| confederation | govt where states have more power than federal govt |
| Democracy | govt where the people rule |
| Republic | govt where people choose representatives to govern |
| Preamble | "We the People" |
| Locke | He believed that all people were born with life, liberty and property |
| Montesequieu | Believed in order to not have an autocracy, there has to be a separation of powers |
| Declaration of Independence | document in which the American colonies created the US |
| Unalienable rights | natural rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness |
| Social Contract | an agreement between the govenment and the people to protect natural rights |
| legislative | makes the laws |
| executive | enforces the laws |
| judicial | interprets the laws |
| articles of confederation | 1st Constitution of the US which created a weak central government |
| James Madison | The father of the Constitution |
| checks and balances | gives each branch a certain power to balance out the government |
