gov vocab

3. king/queen controls all aspect of life
6. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property
7. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints
10. division of the powers in our government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; no one branch has too much power
11. government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
12. considered intelligent and decisive

1. government is defined by law and serves the people
2. “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States
4. he distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
5. belief that monarchs were chosen by God
8. first ten amendments to the Constitution
9. compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress with an equal number of representatives
13. 3rd president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence