Unitary Government
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Unitary Government
- A Unitary state is a state governed as a single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme
Federalism
- The federal principle or system of government
Con-Federal Government
- A confederation is a system of government in which sovereign states delegate power
Democracy
- A system of government by the whole population
Dictatorship
- A ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force
Autocracy
- A system of government by one person with absolute power
Oligarchy
- A small group of people having control of a country
Compromise
- An agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
Limited Government
- Confined with limits; restricted or circumscribed
Representative Government
- An electoral system where citizens vote to elect people to represent their interest and concerns
Magna Carta
- A document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges
English bill of rights
- A bill that creates separation of powers, limits the power of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election and bolsters freedom of speech
Bicameral
- Having two branches or chambers
Voltaire
- French writer, play writer and poet
Jean-Jaques Rousseau
- A Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer and composer
Thomas Hobbes
- A English philosopher who is considered one of the founders of modern political philosophy
Baron de Montesquieu
- French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers
John Locke
- English philosopher and physician
Confederation
- An organization that consists of a number of parties
Popular Sovereignty
- Authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people
Articles of the confederation
- The first constitution of the United States
Virginia plan
- Proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch
New Jersey Plan
- A proposal for the structure of the United States Government
Connecticut Compromise
- An agreement that large and small states reached during the constitutional convention
Three-fifths compromise
- The population of slaves would be counted as three-fifths in total when apportioning representatives
Federalist
- A person who advocates or supports a system of government
Anti-Federalist
- A movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government
Federalist papers
- Eighty-five essays written to persuade voters of New York to adopt the constitution
