First WTP Test
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- founders
- political leaders of colonies
- natural rights
- life, liberty, and property
- social contract
- where each individual agrees to create and live under a government, and give the government power to make and enforce laws
- civic virtue
- means that both citizens and their leaders are willing to set aside their private interests and personal concerns for the common good
- constitutional government
- government with LIMITS on powers of the person or group running the government.
- higher law
- set of laws that establish and limit the power of the government
- separation of powers
- dividing powers into branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
- checks and balances
- powers of different branches of government are balanced
- magna carta
- required king to govern according to established rules of law
- Parliament
- the people did not vote for representatives, therefore the Parliament should not be able to pass taxes/laws/etc.
- Declaration of Independence
- written to let everybody know that the colonies were breaking away
- purpose of gov?
- The only purpose of government is to protect people's natural rights
- diplomacy
- practice of carrying on formal relationships with governments of other countries
- Alliance?
- The alliance with the French assured assistance to the Americans, helping them be successful
- Popular sovereignty
- means that the people are the highest authority. Government gets its right to govern from the people.