American Government

Unit 1 Vocabulary--Chp. 1-2

1.       government

2.       nation-state

3.       sovereignty

4.       Divine Right of Kings Theory

5.       Thomas Hobbes

6.       John Locke

7.       Social Contract Theory

8.       monarchy

9.       dictatorship

10.    republic

11.    direct democracy

12.    unitary system

13.    federal system

14.    confederation

15.    parliamentary government

16.    presidential government

17.    absolute monarchy

18.    theocracy

19.    totalitarian system

20.    representative democracy

21.  Royal Colonies

22.  Proprietary Colonies

23.  Self-governing Colonies

24.  Declaration of Independence

25.  Articles of Confederation

26.  Shays' Rebellion

27.  Constitutional Convention

28.  Virginia Plan

29.  New Jersey Plan

30.  Great Compromise

31.  3/5 Compromise

32.  Federalists

33.  Anti-Federalists

34.  Ratification

35.  Federalist Papers