Limited Government
Social Contract
Divine Right
Absolutism
Checks and Balances
Unlimited Government
Age of Enlightenment
Separation of Powers
Civic Virtue
Constitutional Monarchy
The belief that a citizen should do good things because it is their duty, not because they are told to do it.
An agreement between the people and their leaders that stated that if the government failed to protect their natural rights, the people could replace the government.
A government system where power is limited by the people.
A system that split the powers of government into several branches.
A monarchy ruled by an elected assembly and limited by law.
A system that gives each branch of government the power to prevent the others from accumulating too much power.
A government system where a monarch has complete control over the government.
The idea that God chooses the king.
An age where Europeans began turning away from traditions towards reason.
A system that places absolute power in the hands of a ruler.
