Types of government and and Historic figures views on them

Had a positive view of mankind

Locke

Believed that humans lived in a state of nature/ chaos

Hobbes

Locke believed that ___ should have the ultimate power in government

People

Hobbes believed that ___ should have the ultimate power in government

The Monarch

Government type led by 1 person

Autocracy

Rule by a King/Queen

Monarchy

1 leader has absolute control over law and all branches of government

Dictatorship

Government type led by the people

Democracy

Citizens elect officials

Representative Democracy

Citizens are directly involved in governing

Direct Democracy

Small group of people have all the power

Oligarchy

Religion forms law, can use other governing methods

Theocracy

Rule by none

Anarchy

Social Contract

Agreement between people and government

History

An account of the past

Contract

An agreement all parties have a responsibility to uphold.

Civil discourse

A discussion between people with different ideas, for the purpose of understanding each other. It allows societies to communicate so that they can grow and thrive. It requires respect and open-mindedness towards new ideas

Bias

Everyone has it. These are preferences about something or someone

Sovereign

Ruler

History Triangle

What happened? What is observed? What is remembered? What is recorded? What survives? "History"

Corroboration

Sources confirming each other

Credibility

The quality of being trusted and believed in

Primary Source

Sources created at time of event

Secondary Source

Sources created after time of event

What does the Government provide

Protection and services

What do people need

Life, Liberty, and Property

Locke believed people started out as a

Blank slate (Tabula rasa)

Who believed in the right to rebel

Locke

Who didn't believe in the right to rebel

Hobbes

Civics

The science of government, study of the rights and responsibilities of a citizen

Thomas Hobbes wrote

Leviathan

John Lock wrote

Second Treatise of Government

Steps of Sourcing

Who wrote this? What is the author's perspective? Why was it written? When was it written? Where was it written? Is it reliable? Why? Why not?

Steps of Contextualization

When and where was the document created? What was different than? What was same? How might the circumstances in which the document was created affect its content?

Steps of Corroboration

What do other documents say? Do the documents agree? If not, why? What are other possible documents? What documents are most reliable?

Federalism

National government delegating responsibility to local governments