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| Institution through which society makes and enforces its public policies |
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| All the things a government decides to do |
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| Power to make laws and frame public policies |
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| Power to execute, enforce and administer laws |
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| Power to interpret laws, determine their meaning, and settle disputes that arise |
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| Government where powers of government are held with a person or small group |
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| Where powers of government are held with the people |
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| A body of people living within a defined territory with a government which has the supreme power of the territory |
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- Population
- Territory
- Sovereignty
- Government
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- Force Theory
- Evolutionary Theory
- Divine Right Theory
- Social Contract Theory
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| Theory of a state that says a group of people came and took over the area by force and gained population, territory, sovereignty, and a government |
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| Theory of a state where the eldest male in the family becomes ruler and family gets bigger and bigger until it is a big group and they settle down once they find agriculture |
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| Theory of state where someone gets a "vision" of God to be king and sets up a royal bloodline |
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| Theory of State that says people voluntarily gave power to a government which is stated in a constitution |
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| Body of fundamental laws setting out prinicples structures and processes of a government |
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- Form a more Perfect Union
- Establish Justice
- Insure Domestic Tranquility
- Provide for a Comon Defense
- Promote the General Welfare
- Secure the Blessings of Liberty
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| Form a More Perfect Union |
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| To improve upon laws as they become obsolete |
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| Have the law fair, impartial, and reasonable |
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| Insure Domestic Tranquility |
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| Protect us from others like during riots with the police |
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| Provide for the Common Defense |
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| Have a strong militia to protect us from other nations and threats |
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| Promote the General Welfare |
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| Create a higher standard of living |
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| Secure the Blessings of Liberty |
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| How Governments are classified |
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- Who can participate in them
- Geographical Distribution of Power
- Relationship with Legislative and Executive Branches
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| Can be split into Dictatorship or Democracy |
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| Geographical Distribution of Power |
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| Can be Unitary, Federal, Confederate |
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| Where all power is held with a single government but smaller governments can be made to ease the work of the central agency |
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| Where there are two distinct governments where one cannot do the same thing as the other government |
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| Where there are many sovereign states that come together to create a bond or alliance with each other. The central government there is usually weak and works on trade between the states. |
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| Relationship between Legislative and Executive Branch |
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| Can be presidential or parliamentary government |
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| Executive Branch is chosen separately from Legislative Branch |
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| Executive Branch is chosen within Legislative Branch |
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| 5 Foundations of Democracy |
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- Worth of the Individual
- Equality of all Persons
- Majority Rules, Minority Rights
- Individual Freedom
- Necessity of Compromise
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| Everyones ideas are important, but they are not as important as the ideas of the community |
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| Equality of Opportunity and Equality in front of the law, not equality of worldly possessions |
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| Majority Rules, Minority Rights |
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| The vote of the majority is the ruling law, but the minority can criticize |
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| To compromise between two conflicting views |
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| Freedom to do anythign unless it takes the freedom from someone else |
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| Basic Concepts of Government |
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- Ordered Government
- Limited Government
- Representative Government
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| First document to limit King's power, signed in 1215 by King John at Runnymede |
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| Signed by Charles I when he asked for more money, signed in 1628 |
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| The English Bill of Rights |
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| Signed by William and Mary of Orange before they took the throne in 1688 to limit power for all future monarchs |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| Document before Constitution, had many weaknesses, created "firm league of friendship" |
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| Weaknesses of Articles of Confederation |
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- One vote per State
- No taxes
- No regulation for commerce
- No executive branch
- No judicial branch
- Creates a firm league of friendship
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| Group of delegates that attended the Philadelphia Convention |
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