The Roots of Our Government:
Major Political Ideas, Documents, & Thinkers Influencing the Origins of American Democracy
Name:
1789, The Constitution of the United States of America
1777 - Concepts: Distrust of strong, centralized authority fuels emphasis here on a ‘loose
confederation of states’, each retaining its “sovereignty, freedom, and independence”
Document: ___ _____________________ ______________________________ .
1776 - Concepts: Governments are formed to protect people’s “unalienable rights”;
Governments derive their powers from the consent of the governed.”
Author: ____The Continental Congress_________________________________
______________________
Document: ___ _____________________ ______________________________ .
Author: _____________________________________ ______________________
1762 - Concept: _________________________________
_________ - Concept: “separation of powers” (the 3 Branches)___
Document: ___ _____________________ __________ .
Document: ___ ___________________________ __________ .
Author: _____________________________________ ___
Author: ___________________________________________ ___
1689 - Concept: Given the ‘social contract’, if a ruler fails to protect
people’s “natural rights”, the ruler can be legally replaced
Document: ___ __________________________ ____________
1651 - Concept: ”a social contract” exists between
rulers & their subjects”
Author: _____________________________ ___
Document: ___ ______Leviathan __________ .
1628 - Concept: ______Limited Government________
Document: _______________________________
Source: __________English Parliament__________
Author: _____________________________ ___
1628 - Concept: ______Limited Government________
Document: _______________________________
Source: __________English Parliament__________
_________ - Concept: ________________________
Document: _________________________
Source: ______English nobility___________
1000 BCE - Concept: Justice
Document: Bible
Source: Judaism
500 BCE - Concept: ____________________________
500 BCE - Concept: _____________________________
Source: _______________________________
Source: ________________________________
50 CE - Concept: _Equality________
Document: __Bible_________
Source: ____________________