High School Government Unit 1 Study Guide

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An institution in which leaders use power to make and enforce laws

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Government

Front

Power to make laws

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Legislative

Front

Power to enforce laws

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Executive

Front

Power to interpret laws and settle disputes

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Judicial

Front

Location the purpose of government is stated

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Preamble to the Constitution

Front

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, 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.”

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Preamble to the Constitution

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Government came about because extended families needed organization

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Evolution Theory

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A state emerged when everyone in an area was brought under the authority of one person or group by use of force

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Force Theory

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The right to rule came from God alone

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Divine Right of Kings Theory

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States exist to protect and serve their people. Government is a contract between the government and the people

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Social Contract Theory