Chapter 1 Foundations of government and Citizenship. 1.1 Principles of Government

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Government

The institution though which a society makes and enforces its public policies

Public Policies

all the things a government decides to do

Legislative Power

The power to make laws and to frame public policies

Executive power

The power to execute, enforce, and administer laws

Judical Power

The Power to interpret laws to determine their meaning and to settle disputes that arise within society

Dictatorship

A form of government where those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people

Democracy

Form of government where supreme authority rests with the people

Aristotle

The Greek Philosopher observed that “Man is by nature a political animal”

State

any body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically, and with the power to make and enforce laws without the consent of any higher authority.

Sovereign

When a state has supreme and absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies.

Preamble to the United States constitution

“We the People of the United States, In order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America.