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What is the main function of the legislative branch?
Make Laws
What is the highest law of the land in a constitutional government?
Constitution
Which branch has the authority to interpret laws and declare them unconstitutional?
Judicial/Supreme Court
What is the primary function of the executive branch?
Enforce the laws
What does the term "separation of powers" mean?
Government should be divided into three branches.
What is the main function of the judicial branch?
Interprets laws
What does the principle of "checks and balances" ensure?
Each branch can limit the power of the others.
What are Locke's Natural Rights?
Life, Liberty, Property
What are Locke's Natural Rights?
Life, Liberty, Property
What was the Role of Government according to John Locke?
To protect people's rights
What are Natural Rights?
Rights that cannot be taken
What is a social contract?
People unite to make a government
Extra points: Who wrote common sense?
Thomas Paine
Which ideas belong to Montesquieu?
Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances
Which ideas belong to Locke?
Natural rights, Social Contract, Natural Law
