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The Roman Republic was based on a leadership style where they voted for representatives and then made the decisions https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/roman-republic/ -
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The Founding Fathers of the United States were influenced by many political philosophers, including Thomas Hobbes. They liked Hobbes' idea that people agree to give up some rights in order to have a government that keeps them safe and organized. This is shown in the Constitution's goal of creating a government for everyone's benefit. Both Hobbes and the Founding Fathers knew it was important to have a strong central government so there wouldn't be chaos or lawlessness. -
Locke believed regular people could resist and rebel against an overreaching government. If the government tries to take away people's property, they are at war with them, so obedience is not required. https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=jhon+lock&fr=yhs-blender-001&type=1871070647&hspart=blender&hsimp=yhs-001&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Djhon%2Block#id=-1&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Djhon%2Block&action=click -
Montesquieu divided government into three powers: executive, legislative, and judicial. Each power has specific responsibilities to avoid one branch from gaining too much authority. In the United States, this is seen in the Constitution through the President representing the executive branch, Congress embodying the legislative branch, and Supreme Court serving as highest authority for judiciary. Montesquieu emphasized that combining legislative and executive powers threatens liberty -
Blackstone's view: Laws meant to protect individual rights. Ideas seen in US laws, esp Constitution and amendments like Bill of Rights protecting freedom of speech, religion etc., due process, equal protection under law; safeguard fundamental rights/liberties.
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he Declaration of Independence is divided into five parts: the introduction, the preamble, the list of complaints, declaring independence and conclusion. It was written to tell King George III that they wanted to be free from British rule and also explain why they were seeking independence. -
The Articles of Confederation had a big problem: the government that it created for the United States was not strong enough to govern effectively. This weakness became clear during Shays' Rebellion when the national government couldn't handle problems within our country and keep everything in order. -
Washington thought that having political parties might make government institutions less stable and unified. He argued that people loyal to their party might go against what is good for the nation as a whole and not follow constitutional principles. -
Thomas Jefferson wanted a country where most people were small farmers who owned their land and had economic freedom. He thought it was best to have a government with limited power that wasn't all in one place. But when he became President, there were times when Jefferson didn't follow his own ideas. One important example is the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, where he bought lots of new land for the country without getting permission from the Constitution first. -
Madison played a vital role in writing, promoting the Constitution to gain support. In The Federalist Papers, he argued factions were inevitable but dangerous for the country's stability. Madison defined them as self-centric groups disregarding common good; proposed solutions in the Constitution.
