Flashback Question #1

1. Flashback Question #1 1.Each of the following is a way to classify government EXCEPT • Who can participate • How much money the government has • Geographic Distribution of Power • Relationship between legislative and executive branches • 2. In a democracy, sovereignty lies with __________ and the government is responsible to _________. • President, people • Dictator, no one • People, the will of the people • Congress, voters 3. A ___________ government is one in which the powers of the government are divided between a central government and several local governments. • Federal • Unitary • Confederate • Presidential

2. Flashback Question #2 1.Each of the following is a way to classify government EXCEPT • Who can participate • How much money the government has • Geographic Distribution of Power • Relationship between legislative and executive branches

3. Flashback Question #2 • 2. In a democracy, sovereignty lies with __________ and the government is responsible to _________. • President, people • Dictator, no one • People, the will of the people • Congress, voters

4. Flashback Question #3 3. A ___________ government is one in which the powers of the government are divided between a central government and several local governments. • Federal • Unitary • Confederate • Presidential

5. Origins of American Government 08/27

6. Major Political Theories • Using your information identify and describe the 4 competing theories of government. • You should compare and contrast each theory using a Venn Diagram • Which Theory did the United States base its government off of?

7. The Force Theory • state born of force. • One person or small group claimed control over an area, forced all within it to follow that person’s or group’s rule. • When rule was established, all basic elements of the state were present. • Population • Territory • Sovereignty • Government

8. The Evolutionary Theory • state developed naturally out of the early family. • The primitive family, of which one person was the head (government), was the first stage in political development. • Over years, the original family became a network of related families, a clan; in time, the clan became a tribe. • When the tribe turned to agriculture and gave up nomadic ways, the state was born.

10. The Divine Right Theory • Widely accepted in much of the Western world from the 15th -18th centuries. • God created the state; God had given those of royal birth the divine right to rule. • The people were bound to obey their ruler as they would God. • Opposition to “the divine right of kings” was both treason and mortal sin.

12. The Social Contract Theory • In earliest history (Hobbes), humans lived in unbridled freedom , “a state of nature,” in which no government existed and no person had any superior power. • That which people could take by force belonged to them. • Humans overcame this unpleasant condition (Hobbes) by agreeing with one another to create a state • By contract, people within a given area agreed to give up to the state as much power as was needed to promote the safety and well being of all.

13. The Social Contract Theory • In the contract, the members of the state created a government to exercise the powers they had voluntarily given to the state. • The Social Contract Theory argues that the state arose of out a voluntary act of free people. • The state exists only to serve the will of the people; the people are free to give or to withhold that power as they choose. • Thomas Hobbes, James Harrington, John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau

14. America’s Political Beginnings • Where did the early colonists get their ideas for government? • Basic Concepts of Government from Great Britain: -Ordered Government- Orderly regulation of relationships/need for government -Limited Government- Government is restricted, people have basic rights -Representative Govt.- Government representative of the people

15. Landmark English Documents • You will be responsible for researching these 3 landmark English documents that the colonists used to help shape their idea of government. 1 -Magna Carta (pg 31) 2-Petition of Right (pg 31) 3-English Bill of Rights (pg 31) • You must identify the following about your specific document -Who (wrote/created it) -What (does it say/do) -When (was it written) -Where (was it written) -Why (was it written/purpose?)

16. The English Colonies

17. Colonial Case Studies • In groups of 4, you will receive one of three case studies. • Read your prompt and write your response based upon which type of colony you are. • Remember you must defend your decision by making reference to the • -Principles of English Government • -Landmark English Documents • -The type of colony you live in

18. Exit Card • Describe the 3 concepts of government the colonists borrowed from Great Britain. Next, explain which landmark English document you feel had the greatest impact on colonial government? Explain.