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Influences of US Government - Coggle Diagram
Influences of US Government
Justice- 1000 B.C.E
Direct Democracy- 500 B.C.E
Representative Government- 500 B.C.E
Equality in the Eyes of God- 50 C.E.
Rule of Law- 1215
Limited Government- 1628
Thomas Hobbes-1679
Individual Rights-1689
John Locke- 1704
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English Political theorist and philosopher whose ideas helped lay the foundations for democratic government, believed people formed governments to protect their rights, not to save them
rights and liberties that can be claimed by individuals by virtue of being human
created by colonists as New England's first code of laws which guaranteed certain basic rights to the colonists
Massachusetts Body of Liberties- 1641
English philosopher who developed the notion of social contract between rulers and their subjects, believed people were too selfish to govern themselves and needed the protection of a strong ruler
powers exercised by the government are restricted by a written constitution
principle that government is based on clear and fairly enforced laws that no one is above law
people used both reason and their inborn sense of right and wrong
decision making by officials elected from the citizenry
citizens met regularly as an assembly to make decisions for their city-state
stressed that people should seek to create a just society based on the respect for the law