SS.7.C.1.1

a person's ability to be free and independent

• human rights

• individual liberty

• consent

• natural law

English Philosopher who believed in natural rights and government operating through social contract

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Parliament

• John Locke

• Checks and Balances

lawmaking body of Great Britain

• John Locke

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powersq

• Parliament

principle of federal government that allows each branch to limit the power of the other branch

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Compromise

• Consent of the Governed

an agreement made by the people to establish a government and abide by its laws

• consent of the governed

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

• individual liberty

to agree

• consent of the governed

• consent

• natural law

• compromise

laws passed to protect natural rights

• individual liverty

• human rights

• natural laws

• consent of the governed

an agreement in which each side gives up part of its demands

• compromise

• consent of the governed

• individual rights

• human rights

basic rights to which all people are entitled

• individual liberty

• human rights

• natural law

• Parliament

structure of federal government that sets up three branches with their own distinct powers and responsibilities

• checks and balances

• compromise

• Parliament

• separation of powers