Democracy - Rule by the people, Representative - a form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf, Unitary - A government in which the power is held by one central authority, federal - a system that divided powers between the states and the federal government, dictatorship - A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority., confederate - Governmental system in which states keep full control over their territories and people, autocratic - absolute in power or authority, rule of law - a concept that those who govern are bound by the laws; no one is above the law, oligarchy - a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution., Hobbes - said that all humans were naturally wicked and needed a strong ruler to keep them in order, author of Leviathan, Locke - English philosopher who argued that people have natural rights, Montesquieu - Separation of powers, checks and balances author of The Spirit of Laws, unalienable - basic rights of the people that may not be taken away; life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, social contract - Where the people give up some freedom to the government, in order to be protected., Rousseau - Direct Democracy supporter and author of the Social Contract Theory, Magna Carta - a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges; established limited government, Petition of Rights - a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing,

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