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Declaration of Independence -Social contract theory- require consent of the governed -People can abolish destructive government -Telling British people they've already told the grievances- ignored colonist- in war=enemies, in peace=friends ARGUMENTS: unalienable rights- life, liberty, property establish gov to protect rights gov gets power from the people right/ duty to overthrow (Last 2= Social Contract Theory) GRIEVANCES: taxation w/o representation quartering troops trial w/o ju...

Define checks and balances. limits imposed on all branches of a government by vesting in each branch the right to amend or void those acts of another branch Briefly state the significance of the Judicial Branch. It can declare laws unconstitutional and define the jurisdiction of federal courts. Briefly state the significance of the Executive Branch. It can nominate judges to all federal courts (including the Supreme Court), approve laws, command the armed forces, and make treati...

House of Representatives representatives elected by each state, # depends on population size; advantageous for larger states Senate 2 representatives from each state;advantageous for smaller states bicameral a legislature divided into 2 houses, US Congress and every US state legislature except Nebraska's are bicameral gerrymandering drawing of congressional districts to favor one political party or group over another census tool for understanding demographic cha...

"In every free government, the people must give their assent to the laws by which they are governed. This is the true criterion between a free government and an arbitrary one. The former are ruled by the will of the whole, expressed in any manner they may agree upon; the latter by the will of one, or a few. If the people are to give their assent to the laws, by persons chosen and appointed by them, the manner of the choice and the number chosen, must be such, as to possess, be disposed, and con...

Participatory democracy A system that emphasizes broad participation by citizens in politics. Pluralist democracy A system which recognizes group-based activism by citizens as the main form of participation. Elite democracy A system that emphasizes limited participation in politics by average citizens. Limited government The philosophy that a government must be designed so that it is not all-powerful. Natural Rights The philosophy of John Locke that people were born with...

structuralism an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind functionalism a school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function-how they enable us to adapt, survive and flourish behaviorism the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2) humani...

federalism a system of government that divides the power between the national and state governments Federalists group of people who endorsed the Constitution social contract agreement between a democratic government and its' people that if violated, the people could take the power back natural law law of God, acknowledged through human sense and reason under which people were born free and equal popular sovereignty the people as the ultimate ruling authority ...

natural rights, social contract, popular soverignty, and republicanism 4 Principles of Government influcences of the founding era of the US: -british constitutional system:english petition of right, english bill of rights, english common law, and glorious revolution -political, philosophical, and historical influences: baron de montesquieu, greek democracies, roman republic Iroquois confederacy -colonial traditions: colonial legislatures, local courts, emerging free market traditions, p...