Terms : Hide Images
| 59412670 | natural laws | laws that govern human nature | 0 | |
| 59412671 | enlightened despot | An absolute monarch who appeared to embrace (accept) ideas of the Enlightenment, but did not give up any royal power. | 1 | |
| 59412672 | natural rights | the idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property | 2 | |
| 59412673 | separation of powers | the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government | 3 | |
| 59412674 | executive | enforces laws | 4 | |
| 59412675 | Bill of rights | a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution) | 5 | |
| 59412676 | Articles of Confederation | a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states | 6 | |
| 59412677 | Constitution | law determining the fundamental political principles of a government | 7 | |
| 59412678 | Republicanism | a form of government in which people elect representatives to create and enforce laws | 8 | |
| 59412679 | Federalism | a system in which power is divided between the national and state governments | 9 | |
| 59412680 | Checks and Balances | A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power | 10 | |
| 59412681 | Constitutional Government | government whose power is defined and limited by law | 11 | |
| 59412682 | Social Contract | an agreement between rulers and the people | 12 | |
| 59412683 | Popular Sovereignty | people hold the final authority in all matters of government | 13 | |
| 59412684 | Legislative | makes laws | 14 | |
| 59412685 | Judicial | Interprets Laws | 15 | |
| 59412686 | Federalist Papers | Series of essays that defended the Constitution and tried to reassure Americans that the states would not be overpowered by the federal government. | 16 | |
| 59412687 | Voltaire | Freedom of speech | 17 | |
| 59412688 | Thomas Paine | Revolutionary leader who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense (1776) arguing for American independence from Britain. In England he published The Rights of Man | 18 | |
| 59412689 | George Washington | 1st President of the United States | 19 | |
| 59412690 | George III | King of England during the American Revolution | 20 | |
| 59412691 | Mary Wollstonecraft | English writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women | 21 | |
| 59412692 | Declaration of Independence | the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain | 22 | |
| 59412693 | English Bill of Rights | King William and Queen Mary accepted this document in 1689. It guaranteed certain rights to English citizens and declared that elections for Parliament would happen frequently. By accepting this document, they supported a limited monarchy, a system in which they shared their power with Parliament and the people. | 23 | |
| 59412694 | American Bill of Rights | The firs ten amendments passed by Congress in 1789 which would create safeguards that included trial by jury, due process law, right to assemble, unreasonable search, speech, press, and religion | 24 | |
| 59412695 | US Constitution | The government of the United States. A set of principles (guidelines) that describe the duties and powers of the government. | 25 | |
| 59412696 | Thomas Jefferson | Main author of the Declaration of Independence | 26 | |
| 59412697 | Jacques Rousseau | French philosopher who felt all people were born equal, but became corrupted by society. He opposed titles of nobility and felt the majority should rule. | 27 | |
| 59412698 | Beccaria | believed in reform of the criminal justice system | 28 | |
| 59412699 | Baron de Montesquieu | believed government should have separation of powers | 29 | |
| 59412700 | Glorious Revolution | bloodless overthrow of James II | 30 |
