Unit 2 Vocab

2. a theory that stated people in society agreed to give up some their freedom to government in exchange for security and order. In addition, if a government acted contrary to the general will, the people had the freedom to break the social contract and create a new one.
3. The idea that the powers of a government should be split between two or more strongly independent branches of government to prevent any one person or group from gaining too much power.
4. a two house legislature branch (example: Virginia Plan)
6. rights that all people have by virtue of being a human such as the right to life itself, to liberty, and the ownership of property.
7. was a formal proclamation that the American colonies would now be an independent country separate from Great Britain.
10. Basic individual rights of people such as the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
11. Favored a strong central/federal government, pro Constitution
12. Roman ideal on the willingness to serve one's country.
13. A system of government in which power is divided between a central government and smaller regional governments.
14. The principle that the people are the ultimate source of the authority and legitimacy of a government.
15. a universal set of moral principles that can be applied to any culture or system of justice.
16. A political system in which the powers exercised by the government are restricted, usually by a written constitution.

1. A system in which each branch of government can limit the power of the other branches.
5. Favored a loose association of states like it was under the Articles of Confederation and pro Bill of Rights
8. Defending the Constitution campaigned by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
9. the idea that government should be based on an established set of principles.
10. a one house legislature branch (example: New Jersey Plan)