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Unit 2 10.2 Enlightenment & Revolutions. Ms. Ramos Alta Loma High School. Sovereignty. Don’t have to obey higher authority No one else has right to dictate internal affairs of another state. Natural Rights. Rights that belong to all. Life, liberty, property. Separation of Powers.
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Unit 210.2 Enlightenment & Revolutions Ms. Ramos Alta Loma High School
Sovereignty • Don’t have to obey higher authority • No one else has right to dictate internal affairs of another state
Natural Rights • Rights that belong to all Life, liberty, property
Separation of Powers Certain pwrs given to different parts of govt to prevent one part from becoming too pwrful
Social Contract • People give up freedom to govt to avoid anarchy
Limited Government Restrictions placed on govt to prevent abuse
Constitutional Monarchy Constitution or legislative body limits the monarchy
Absolute Monarchy King/Queen w/complete authority over govt & lives of the people
Civil Rights rights to full legal, social, and economic equality
Habeas Corpus • No person held in prison w/o being charged w/ specific crime
Popular Sovereignty • People are the source of govt’s power
10.2.1 • Describe and explain the English, American, and French revolutions’ and their “enduring effects worldwide on the political expectations for self-government and individual liberty.” • ALSO: Describe major ideas of three philosophers and their effects on the democratic revolutions in England, the United States, and France specifically. • Level 3 will include: In what ways do revolutions, and the philosophies behind those revolutions, influence each other? • Level 4 will include: What sorts of philosophies have remained relatively standard across time?
10.2.2 • List the principles of and give specific examples of three of the following documents: the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights (1689), the American Declaration of Independence (1776), the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789), and the U.S. Bill of Rights (1791). • Level 3 will include: How have principles of law changed over time? What principles have endured? • Level 4 will include: What kind of progression in law do you see over the years? Are people given more or less protection? What about business?