Roles and Origins of US Government

The system of justice derived from nature rather than from the rules of society.

• Natural Law

• Natural Rights

• Republic

• Democracy

Rights that people own simply because they are human

• Natural Law

• Natural Rights

• Republic

• Democracy

Recognizes the authority of citizens to control their government – by voting, expressing their views, and forming or joining.

• Natural Law

• Natural Rights

• Republic

• Democracy

A country in which the government’s authority comes only from the people.

• Natural Law

• Natural Rights

• Republic

• Democracy

Power is concentrated in the hands of a single person or a small group of people.

• dictatorship

• rule of law

• unicameral

• tyranny

Government leaders, even monarchs, must act according to set laws

• dictatorship

• rule of law

• unicameral

• tyranny

Absolute rule by a government that ignores the rights and welfare of the people

• dictatorship

• rule of law

• unicameral

• tyranny

One-chamber legislature

• dictatorship

• rule of law

• unicameral

• tyranny

A system of government by one person with absolute power.

• Legitimacy

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Constitution

The rightful authority any government has over its citizens

• Legitimacy

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Constitution