Studied by 4 people
Had a positive view of mankind
Locke
Believed that humans lived in a state of nature/ chaos
Hobbes
Locke believed that ___ should have the ultimate power in government
People
Hobbes believed that ___ should have the ultimate power in government
The Monarch
Government type led by 1 person
Autocracy
Rule by a King/Queen
Monarchy
1 leader has absolute control over law and all branches of government
Dictatorship
Government type led by the people
Democracy
Citizens elect officials
Representative Democracy
Citizens are directly involved in governing
Direct Democracy
Small group of people have all the power
Oligarchy
Religion forms law, can use other governing methods
Theocracy
Rule by none
Anarchy
Social Contract
Agreement between people and government
History
An account of the past
Contract
An agreement all parties have a responsibility to uphold.
Civil discourse
A discussion between people with different ideas, for the purpose of understanding each other. It allows societies to communicate so that they can grow and thrive. It requires respect and open-mindedness towards new ideas
Bias
Everyone has it. These are preferences about something or someone
Sovereign
Ruler
History Triangle
What happened? What is observed? What is remembered? What is recorded? What survives? "History"
Corroboration
Sources confirming each other
Credibility
The quality of being trusted and believed in
Primary Source
Sources created at time of event
Secondary Source
Sources created after time of event
What does the Government provide
Protection and services
What do people need
Life, Liberty, and Property
Locke believed people started out as a
Blank slate (Tabula rasa)
Who believed in the right to rebel
Locke
Who didn't believe in the right to rebel
Hobbes
Civics
The science of government, study of the rights and responsibilities of a citizen
Thomas Hobbes wrote
Leviathan
John Lock wrote
Second Treatise of Government
Steps of Sourcing
Who wrote this? What is the author's perspective? Why was it written? When was it written? Where was it written? Is it reliable? Why? Why not?
Steps of Contextualization
When and where was the document created? What was different than? What was same? How might the circumstances in which the document was created affect its content?
Steps of Corroboration
What do other documents say? Do the documents agree? If not, why? What are other possible documents? What documents are most reliable?
Federalism
National government delegating responsibility to local governments
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