Chapter 1-Foundations for a New Government-Textbook pgs. 9-22

The Founders came to believe that safe guarding religious freedom should be a ______________ ________________ in the new nation.

In the ____________________, thinkers stressed reason over superstition and blind faith.

The first document to establish self-government in the colonies was the ________________ ______________.

A city state in ancient Greece is called a _____________.

The political system in which elected leaders represent the interests of people is known as

_____________________ government.

John Locke argued that people have rights that are universal and cannot be taken away. These rights are called ____________ rights.

In a ______________, citizens elect representatives to rule on their behalf.

The branch of government that interprets law is the _________________ Branch.

In 1620, the first document to establish self-government in the colonies was intended to establish a democratic form of _________________.

The 1215 English document that limited the king's power was called the ______________ ______________.