foundations of gvt

federal gvt

composed of the 3 branches

unitary gvt

central gvt is the supreme authority ( local gvt have little to no power)auth

confederate gvt

invidual states hold their own power

authoritarian gvt

power is held in a person or small groups of peoples hand

totalitarian gvt

gvt have complete control of people private and public life

anarchy

no gvt in control or authority

theocracy

religious leader/law hold powerr

parlimentary system

prime minister

why was magna cart created

to limit powers of king and protect rights

petiton of rights

made because king abuses powers

thomas Hobbes

author of leviathan

-”gvt must keep order’’

john locke

believed gvt must exist to protect us

baron de montesquieu

on the spirit of law