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Enlightened Governance: Principles of Sovereignty and Rights

Explore the key concepts of Enlightenment governance, from popular sovereignty to natural rights, and how they shaped revolutions and systems of governance worldwide. Understand the importance of limited government, separation of powers, and civil rights in creating a just society.

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Enlightened Governance: Principles of Sovereignty and Rights

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  1. Unit 3 Vocabulary Frontload The Enlightenment & Age of Revolutions Ms. Ramos

  2. Sovereignty • Don’t have to obey higher authority • No one else has right to dictate internal affairs of another state http://www.nobility-association.com/treatyofwestphalia.htm Ms. Ramos

  3. Natural Rights • Rights that belong to all • Life, liberty, property http://lincolnblogs.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/john-locke-and-natural-rights/ Ms. Ramos

  4. Separation of Powers • Certain pwrs given to different parts of govt to prevent one part from becoming too pwrful http://hans.wyrdweb.eu/tag/trias-politica/ http://www.thecorner.org/hist/f3/age-reason.html Ms. Ramos

  5. Social Contract • People give up freedom to govt to avoid anarchy http://www.btinternet.com/~glynhughes/squashed/rousseau.htm Ms. Ramos

  6. Limited Government • Restrictions placed on govt to prevent abuse http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/tag/limited-government/ Ms. Ramos

  7. Constitutional Monarchy • Constitution or legislative body limits the monarchy Meiji Japan http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/throwing_off_asia_01/toa_essay02.html Ms. Ramos

  8. Absolute Monarchy • King/Queen w/complete authority over govt & lives of the people http://www.payvand.com/news/08/feb/British-Monarchy.jpg Ms. Ramos

  9. Civil Rights • rights to full legal, social, and economic equality http://heidelblog.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/sexual-liberation-natural-law/ Ms. Ramos

  10. Habeas Corpus • No person held in prison w/o being charged w/ specific crime http://www.habeascorpus.net/asp/ http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/human-rights-cartoon-83/ Ms. Ramos

  11. Popular Sovereignty • People are the source of govt’s power http://dreamofarlequin.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/elections-in-afghanistan-the-value-of-those-confronting-every-day-to-the-taliban-groups-today-is-made-evident-by-the-exercise-of-the-right-to-vote/ Ms. Ramos

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