Common Sense by Thomas Paine, a 1775 pamphlet advocating for the 13 colonies to declare independence, Magna Carta, document that centers on limited government, document stating the king is not above the law, Mayflower Compact, first governing document, in the colonies, stating majority rule, Social Contract, theory that people give up their perfect freedom in return for safety and security, Enlightenment, intellectual movement that influenced politics with thoughts of natural rights and individualism, Democracy, system of government where the people vote for their leaders, Limited government, the power of the government is not absolute and those in charge are held to the law, federalism, power and authority is split between the central ( national) level and the state levels, separation of power, breaking the power and duties of government into three distinct branches: executive, legislative, judicial, checks and balances, each branch of the government has authority to ensure the other branches do not usurp ( take over) power that does not belong to it, Due process, government must use fair procedures prior to taking an individual's life, liberty or property, Anti-Federalists, believe that state's should have more power than the national government, demanded a Bill of Rights prior to approving the Consitution, Federalists, believe in the power of the central ( national) government, Hamilton and Adams, Declaration of Independence, listed grievances against the King and declared independence as the goal of the Revolutionary War, Articles of Confederation, America's first form of government, it had no executive branch and no power to tax, US Constitution, the second and current form of government, three branches of government who have checks and balance authority

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