The Purposes of Government
1. Example:
2. Example:
3. Example:
4. Example:
Types of Government
Autocracy
Define:
Oligarchy
Define:
Democracy
Define:
Monarchy: Direct: *Constitutional: Representative: *Absolute: *Republic:
Dictatorship: *Presidential: *Parliamentary:
Presidential Democracy Diagram
Parliamentary Democracy Diagram
List and Define the Core Democratic Values:
List and identify the arguments of the political theorists we discussed in class.
Thomas Hobbes- believed in absolute monarchy, social contract,mid-1600s
John Locke- limited gov’t, only educated classes can participate, amended the social contract, natural rights
Jean Jacques Rousseau- majorianism
David Hume- believed that each lvl of gov’t elect the next lvl
Charles Baron Montesquieu- gov’t w/separated pwrs
Define: Government, Pluralism, Hyperpluralism, Elite and Class Theory
UNIT II: Foundations of United States Government
Major Issues/Events Leading to Independence
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Declaration of Independence Signing Date:
Articles of Confederation (define):
Strengths
Weaknesses
Constitutional Convention (define):
Arguments
Compromises
Federalists (define):
Anti-Federalists (define):
Arguments
Arguments
The Constitution Date of Ratification:
ARTICLE I: ARTICLE IV: