1. warm-up: What are the characteristics of a nation? land/territory
Population
Sovereignty
Government

2. Theories and Origins of Government
Part 1
Earliest Foundations

3. I. Theories of Government
Evolution Theory
Force Theory

4. Theories of Government
Divine Right Theory
Social Contract Theory

5. II. Contributions of the Greeks
Athenian Democracy or Direct Democracy
When: 508 bc – 322bc
What:
Where:

6. III. Contributions of the Romans
Roman Republic
When: 509 bc – 27bc
What:
Classical Republicanism
Civic virtue
Moral education
Small, uniform communities

7. So, what kind of government do we have in the U.S. today?

8. And now a clip from one of my favorite movies….

9. Theories and Origins of Government
Part 2

10. I. The Magna Carta
When: 1215
Who:
What:
Why:

11. II Petition of Rights
The Petition of Rights -1628
Who:
What:
Why:

12. English Government – Parliament Arrives
Parliament was a council of nobility created to advise the monarch.
History of hostility between parliament and monarch.
Parliament = House of Lords + House of Commons
House of Lords- nobility
House of Commons - wealthy and people of standing in community-knights, merchants, craftsmen.

13. English Origins of American Government
The English Bill of Rights
Who:
What: Glorious Revolution
Why:
Photos: above is William and Mary
Below, Hampton Court, their castle

14. John Locke,

15. John Locke’s Natural Rights Philosophy
State of Nature
Natural Rights
Human Nature
Purpose of Government
Social Contract Theory