Civics by TRINA TRAN

trina_tran_16 — 2014-03-14 11:40:29 UTC

Locke

trina_tran_16 — 2014-03-14 11:46:52 UTC

John Locke believed that all humans have unalienable rights, which means that we have rights that the government can not take away from us. He also believed that the government's purpose is to serve the people, protect life, liberty, and property. These are some of the ideas that are used in the United States Government today with the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.

Trina Tran

trina_tran_16 — 2014-03-14 11:54:22 UTC

3/14/14

1st hour

Robbins

Republic vs. Democracy

trina_tran_16 — 2014-03-14 12:01:06 UTC

In a republic the law helps keep the government from becoming too powerful. While Democracy goes with popular sovereignty when creating new laws, whether that be good or bad or right or wrong, the government would still go with majority vote.

Right of Revolution

trina_tran_16 — 2014-03-19 05:10:01 UTC

The right of revolution in America is something that is not used that often. It would start by the government abusing it's power and disrupting human rights and then the people revolt. People can do this in a violent way or a civilized way. A way that people could do this in a peaceful way is by trying to get enough people to agree to get the government to change a law that is unfair to the people. No violence is needed. They could protest or something similar to that. That way people can have things change without going too crazy.

Declaration of Independence

trina_tran_16 — 2014-03-19 15:32:01 UTC

The Declaration of Independence is a document that stated why the colonies separated from Great Britian. We wanted human equality, natural rights, a government that would secure those rights, and to be able to have a government that would not abuse it's power. By having this as a written document, it has helped people understand why we did what we did and is apart of how we started off as a country and have what we have today.

Bill of Rights

trina_tran_16 — 2014-03-19 16:23:08 UTC

The Bill of Rights is a document that was created for anti federalists who refused to sign the Constitution, kept our government from becoming too powerful, and people demanded a list of rights that the government could never take away.

Purpose of the Government

trina_tran_16 — 2014-03-19 16:26:52 UTC

guaranteeing inalienable rights, ensuring general welfare, resolution of conflicts, promotion of equality, and establishment of justice

The government gets their power from the consent of the governed

Major Forms of Government

trina_tran_16 — 2014-03-19 16:28:12 UTC

Monarchy: A monarchy is usually ruled by a king, or monarch. The power comes from inheritance, so people do not get to vote for their leader.

Anarchy: in an anarchy there is no one to take charge. No government, no laws; nothing.

Hobbes

trina_tran_16 — 2014-03-19 16:28:34 UTC

Thomas Hobbes believed that all humans are selfish and that their rights should be given up to the government. He also believed that the kind of power that a ruler needs is absolutism.