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John Locke     Montesquieu       Federalism       Checks and Balances      Popular Sovereignty

Social Contract       Despot          Separation of Powers        Enlightenment      Limited Powers   

 

1)  A tyrant or abusive ruler:______________.

2)  A time period in the world when people turned to Reason to explain

          nature and decide how to do things:________________.

3)  A British thinker of the 18th century who said that good government is an

          agreement of the people and those who rule to do what is just: _______________.

4)  The name this thinker gave to this idea:____________.

5)  Principle of the U.S. Constitution that the people of the country are the first and

          ultimate rulers:_______________.

6)  Principle of the U.S. Constitution that the different functions of government

          should be handled by different people and different institutions:______________.

7)  French thinker who first proposed this idea:_________________.

8)  Principle of the U.S. Constitution that the different parts of government

         should play a part in how the others do their job:________________.

9)  Principle of the U.S. Constitution that the government should have only certain

         powers to do certain things:____________________.

10)  Principle of the U.S. Constitution that the National Government and the

          State governments would both have power to make laws:________________.

 

Thought Question:  Why did delegates believe that the government should be

           limited in what actions it could take?  Why did they think power should be

           distributed to different parts of the government?