US history (Enlightenment/Early Government) Vocab Basketball!!! US history (Enlightenment/Early Government)

Natural Rights Legal rights are those bestowed onto a person by a given legal system, while natural rights are those not contingent upon the laws, customs, or beliefs of any particular culture or government, and therefore universal and inalienable.

Social Contract Theory Citizens must surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority of the ruler or the majority, in exchange for protection of their remaining rights.

Limited Government A government restricted with reference to governing powers by limitations prescribed in laws and in a constitution, as in limited monarchy; limited government.

Representative Government A system of governance by chosen representatives, usually elected from among a large group, as in representative democracy; representative government.

Popular Sovereignty A doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people.

Liberty freedom from external or foreign rule independence

Political Representation Action or speech on behalf of a person, group, business, or state by an agent or representative.

Legislative Branch Section of US government the makes laws (Congress) Made up of Senate and House of Representatives

Judicial Branch Section of US government that interprets the laws Includes our court system Head is the Supreme Court

Executive Branch Section of US government that carries out or enforces the laws. The President is the head of this branch.

Checks and Balances A system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power.

Compromise A settlement of differences by mutual gain 3/5th Compromise: Counted some slaves as population for representation The Great Compromise

Democracy a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected representatives.

Ratify To confirm by expressing consent, approval.  (to ratify a constitutional amendment)

Politics Principles or opinions And methods or maneuvers to achieve a political goal

Declaration The act of declaring; an announcement: a declaration of a divide.

Other terms Compromise, Unicameral, Bicameral, New Jersey Plan, Virginia Plan, Connecticut Compromise, Three-Fifths Compromise Checks and Balances, Separation of Powers, Limited Government, Popular Sovereignty, Federalism, Republicanism, Individual Rights, Judicial Review