UNIT 1 Test Review- Foundations

What is power?

Influence over others

What is Authority?

the right to make decisions

What is Legitimacy?

the leader has the right to govern

What is the purpose of government?

Protect the peoples natural right, and keep order

Who was Thomas Hobbs and what were his beliefs?

Was an philosopher. “life would be nasty, brutish, and short without govenment”

Who was John Locke and what were his beliefs?

Was an philosopher, people are born good.

Explain Social Contract

Agreement between parties to protect eachother and work for a common good

Explain Natural Rights

born with them, need to be protected. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, they are for everyone.

Who was Thomas Jefferson and what were his beliefs?

Is the writer of the D.O.I . People have Natural rights, consent of the governed, government is not working change it.

What were the main points of the Declaration of Independence?

Natural rights, consent of the govern, protect natural rights

Explain “consent of the governed”

Approval by the people of the government

What were 3 main problems with the Articles of Confederation

No leadership, no court system, tax collection, no national military

Explain “one-state, one vote”

regardless of size and wealth each state only got one vote

How did Shay’s Rebellion kill the Articles of Confederation?

Proved a weak national government

Explain the terms Preamble, Tranquility, and Posterity?

Beginning, Peaceful, future generations