1. Hudson Local Government  Zoning board- applies to applicant  Historic Board of Review- zoning other than for industrial buildings  Economic growth board- lowering the city’s cost structure  Planning commission- plans for the future of the city  Mayor- presides over city council meetings  City council- city’s legislative body

2. Government  Government-institution through which society makes public policy  Public policy- all the things government does  Politics- the process of making public policy  Powers Legislative- make laws Executive- enforce laws Judicial- interpret laws

3. The State  Dominant political unit  Country- geographic  Nation- ethnic (Native Americans, Kurds, Palestinians)  GPST  Government- organized politically  Population- has people  Sovereignty- power within borders  Territory- land

4. Major Political Ideas  FEDS  Force Theory- gov. arose our of conflict  Evolution- gov. arose our of extended family unit  Devine Right Theory- God gave the right to rule  Social Contract- people gave some freedom to gain protection from government

5. Hobbes and Locke  Hobbes- Leviathan  Locke- Second Treaty of Government  Both social contract  Hobbes- dictatorship  Locke- democracy

6. Classifying Government  Who can participate Democracy- direct and representative Dictatorship- monarchy, autocracy, oligarchy  Geographic Distribution Unitary, confederation, federal  Relationship between legislative and executive Presidential and parliamentary

7. Classifying Government  Direct democracy- everyone votes on everything  Representative- elected representatives make decisions  Monarchy- divine right  Autocracy- one  Oligarchy- small group  Unitary- all decisions in one place  Confederation- states retain sovereignty, loose alliance  Federal- division of power

8. Classifying Government  Presidential- executive elected by people  Parliamentary- executive elected from within majority party in legislature

9. Economics  Market- dictated by supply and demand Invisible hand- individual greed will inadvertently benefit society  Command- government control  Mixed- both  Traditional- subsistence

10. Colonization of America  1492 Columbus lands on Haiti  Took back to Europe tobacco and STD’s  Spain looking for gold  France looking for furs and to trade  England looking to colonize  French and Indian War 1756-63  Indians fought on both sides

11. American Revolution  French and Indian War led to it  King George raised taes  Stamp act – paper  Tea Act  Sugar Act  Intolerable- Port and Quartering  First Continental Congress – Petition of Rights  Second Continental Congress- D of I, Articles, fought and won war

12. Declaration of Independence  TJ- ratified July 4, 1776  Natural rights- life, liberty, pursuit of happiness  Influenced by Locke  Mostly complaints

13. Articles of Confederation  Loose league of friendship  States retained power  Powers Make way, barrow money  Weaknesses No power to tax, relied on states to supply troops, no executive, one vote for each state, unicameral congress, 9/13 to pass legislation, all 13 to change  Shay’s Rebellion