AP A MERICAN G OVERNMENT Unit 3: The States, Ratification through Civil War.

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AP A MERICAN G OVERNMENT Unit 3: The States, Ratification through Civil War

D EVELOPMENT OF A MERICAN G OVERNMENT Purpose of Government Definition of Power Definition of Politics Nature of Humans Absolutism vs. Enlightened Monarchy/Dictatorship vs. Oligarchy vs. Democracy

D EVELOPMENT OF A MERICAN G OVERNMENT Government throughout history Original – Monarchs Ancient Athens – “Democracy” (Oligarchy) Ancient Rome – “Republic” (Oligarchy) Theocracies of the Middle Ages Rise of Secular Democracy (Republicanism) Magna Carta (1215) and Mayflower Compact (1620) Mostly oligarchies with Noble Privilege (Magna Carta) or religious affiliation

D EVELOPMENT OF A MERICAN G OVERNMENT The Commoner Revolutions Begin The Philosophes John Locke – Natural Rights Jean Jacques Rousseau – Social Contract Montesquieu – Separation of Powers Voltaire – Social Development Nobility vs. Commoner tensions English Civil War American Revolution