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Limited Government
A political principle that restricts government power, ensuring that individual rights are protected and that government authority is not absolute.
Influenced by the Enlightenment
Three Enlightenment Ideas in Limited Government
Natural Rights
Social Contract/Popular Soverntiy
Separation of Powers
Natural Rights
The belief that individuals possess inherent rights to life, liberty, and property that governments must respect.
John Locke: emphasized that these rights are not granted by government but are fundamental to human existence.
Popular Sovereignty/Social Contract
The principle that the authority of a government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, who may alter or abolish it if it fails to serve their interests.
Popular Sovereignty VS. Social Contract
Popular Sovereignty= The Power the people hold
Social Contract: Power to give some power over to the government (Jean-Jaques Rosseau)
Republicanism
People elect their own leaders:
The 3 branches
Baron de Montesquieu ideas
IS NOT THE SAME AS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
Declaration of Dependence
Outlined the official reason for the colonies to break from the British empire
John Locke & Natural Rights
Constitution
Blueprint for the USA government
Created after the articles of confederation by the grand committee
Separation of powers & republicanism
Representative Republic
People would vote office representatives, and they would legislate on their behalf
USA IS NOT A STRICT DEMOCRACY BY DEFINITION
State of Nature
Comes before any government