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Participation in Government Section 1 : The Enlightenment

Participation in Government Section 1 : The Enlightenment. Essential Question #01 – What are the purposes and principles of government, politics, and the law?. Government –

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Participation in Government Section 1 : The Enlightenment

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  1. Participation in Government Section 1 : The Enlightenment

  2. Essential Question #01 – What are the purposes and principles of government, politics, and the law?

  3. Government – The political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society. But what type of government works best, and for whom?

  4. Politics – A treatise (4th century B.C.) by Aristotle, dealing with the structure, organization, and administration of the state, especially the city-state as known in ancient Greece.

  5. Law – The principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision. Any written or positive rule or collection of rules prescribed under the authority of the state or nation, as by the people in its constitution.

  6. Essential Question #01A – What is a preamble? An introductory statement; preface; introduction. What does the Preamble to the United States Constitution state? The intention of our Founders to: A. Establish justice B. Insure domestic tranquility C. Provide for the common defense D. Promote the general welfare E. Secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity But what exactly does all of this mean?

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