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| The government evolves out of the family. |
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| The king is gods representative on earth. No one can question him. |
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| Wrote the Leviathan; before the government everyone lived in the state of nature. It was nasty and short, chaos. |
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| 2nd treatise of government. We have three natural rights: life liberty and property. The best monarch is a limited monarch because people need a say. |
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| Nature is good. The Government put people in chains. Give up rights for the common goods. |
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| What is the purpose of a constitution? |
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| The purpose of a constitution is to embody the fundamental laws setting out principles, structures, and processes of a government. It also separates powers. |
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| Laws passed by legislature. |
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| A defined territory that is organized politically and has the power to make and enforce laws without the consent of any higher authority. |
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| The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies. |
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| Powers may be held by a single person or small group. |
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| A unitary government is... |
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| A centralized government that creates local units of government for its own convenience. |
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| How is power distributed in a Federal government? |
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Big decisions=National
Local decisions=State
War=National Speed Limit on Lockwood Ave.=State |
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| What are the traits that give the U.S. a presidential system? |
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| Voters elect the Legislature and the Chief Executive who is part of the Executive Branch. The legislature and executive are independent/separate and coequal. The cabinet is nominated by executive and approved by legislative. |
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| Voters elect the legislature. The Chief executive is draw from the legislature. Example: Great Britain. No term limits. |
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| Majority rule and protection of minority. Basic concepts from the Magna Carta and Great Britain. Worth and dignity of all persons. Widest possible degree of individual freedom. Respect for equality of all. |
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| Why is compromise important? |
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| It ensures public decisions are acceptable to all individuals and have considered all view points. |
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| Private and/or corporate ownership of capital goods. Investments determined by private decisions and a law of supply and demand. Free market. |
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| The government regulates some prices. Protect individuals and preserve private enterprise. |
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| Encourage private ownership, individual initiative, profit motive, competition. |
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| Interfere with free market |
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| Regulate companies, food production, and pollution. Establish zoning ordinances. |
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| Have a strong central or national government with a weaker power of state governments. The national government decides war, anything dealing with the whole country. The state decides drinking age, what is required for jobs, dealings with the individual. A new law goes to the supreme court. |
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