Government Vocabulary

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  1. 6. type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
  2. 9. in order for man to live in groups, he must give up some of his freedom to the government in exchange for protection of his natural right
  3. 11. Chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; became 1st President of the U.S.; set precedent by stepping down after two terms, initiating peaceful transition of power
  4. 13. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
  5. 15. compromise between slave states and free states to count three-fifths of the slave population in a state when allocating how many representatives a state was entitled to in the House of Representatives
  6. 17. third president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence; did not take part in writing the Constitution because he was in France at the time; a strong advocate for the addition of a Bill of Rights
  7. 19. government is defined by law and serves the people; the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone, whether ruler or the ruled
  8. 20. power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, counties, parishes, or towns
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  1. 1. the citizens have political authority, are bound by social contract to obey laws with rights guaranteed by a constitution; citizens willingly subordinate their private, selfish interests to the common good
  2. 2. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
  3. 3. division of the powers in our government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; no one branch has too much power
  4. 4. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances
  5. 5. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution giving Congress the right to pass all laws "necessary & proper" to carry out the other powers listed in Article I
  6. 7. group who feared the new government created by the Constitution gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
  7. 8. explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as originating from the people of the United States
  8. 10. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political - often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)
  9. 12. first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the civil rights and liberties of the people
  10. 14. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
  11. 16. the government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people
  12. 18. powers saved for the states in our system of federalism, guaranteed in the Ninth Amendment to the Constitution