Unit 3 Vocabulary Frontload

The Enlightenment & Age of Revolutions

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SovereigntySovereignty• Don’t have to

obey higher authority

• No one else has right to dictate internal affairs of another state http://www.nobility-association.com/treatyofwestphalia.htm

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Natural RightsNatural Rights• Rights that belong to all–Life, liberty, property

http://lincolnblogs.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/john-locke-and-natural-rights/

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Separation of Separation of PowersPowers

• Certain pwrs given to different parts of govt to prevent one part from becoming too pwrful

http://hans.wyrdweb.eu/tag/trias-politica/

http://www.thecorner.org/hist/f3/age-reason.html

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Social ContractSocial Contract• People give up freedom to govt to avoid anarchyhttp://www.btinternet.com/~glynhughes/squashed/rousseau.htm

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Limited GovernmentLimited Government• Restrictions placed on govt to prevent abuse

http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/tag/limited-government/

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Constitutional Constitutional MonarchyMonarchy

• Constitution or legislative body limits the monarchy

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http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/throwing_off_asia_01/toa_essay02.html

Meiji Japan

Absolute MonarchyAbsolute Monarchy• King/Queen w/complete authority over govt & lives of the people

http://www.payvand.com/news/08/feb/British-Monarchy.jpg

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Civil RightsCivil Rights• rights to full legal, social, and economic equality

http://heidelblog.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/sexual-liberation-natural-law/

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Habeas CorpusHabeas Corpus• No person held in prison w/o being charged w/ specific crime

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http://www.habeascorpus.net/asp/

http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/human-rights-cartoon-83/

Popular SovereigntyPopular Sovereignty• People are the source of govt’s power

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http://dreamofarlequin.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/elections-in-afghanistan-the-value-of-those-confronting-every-day-to-the-taliban-groups-today-is-made-evident-by-the-exercise-of-the-right-to-vote/