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Government Lesson 1
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06/24/2015

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contract
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an agreement in which both sides agree to something in order to reach a shared goal
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democracy
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a government run by the people and for the people
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natural rights
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life, property, liberty
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state of nature
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No rules, no one in charge, and no way for people to protect their natural rights
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Thomas Hobbes
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a philosopher who believed in a social contract in which people gave up their rights and power for protection
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sovereign
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another word for ruler
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John Locke
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a philosopher who believed that government was a two-way exchange: people give up some of their rights, NOT power, only if the government agrees to protect those rights
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monarchy
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a type of government ruled by a king or queen
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Thomas Jefferson
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the president that used Locke’s ideas to write the Constitution
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Hobbes
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believed that people in a state of nature were selfish, quick to fight, and afraid others would steal from them
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