Unit 3a & 3b

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believed in separation of powers in the government

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Baron de Montesquieu

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Who wrote Common Sense and argued that the colonies should govern themselves?

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Thomas Paine

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Who believed that man should have the basic rights of life, liberty, and property?

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John Locke

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Three branches of government that were formed so that no one part of the government became too powerful.

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Separation of powers

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an agreement in which the people agree to give up some freedom in exchange for the government's protection of people's rights

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social contract

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a type of government in which the people rule by voting whether directly or for those to represent them

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democracy

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a system in which the people choose their leaders to govern themselves - this is the type gov't of the U.S.

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representative democracy

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a settlement that is controlled by another country

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colony

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1775 - 1781 The war of the American colonists against Britain to gain its freedom

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American Revolution

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1215 – a document that limited the power of the king; this started the idea of limited government

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Magna Carta