Visual Vocab

• Government: The system of a state or society, the rights to make laws and enforce them
• Public Policy: A set of laws and regulations taken by governments in order to work in favor of the public
• Representative Democracy: People vote on policy inititiatives, elected delegates represent a group
• Hyperpuralism: Theory of power that states that when a diverse number of groups gain influence in a gov.
• Interest Groups: Group of people that seeks to public policy on the basis of a particular common concern
• Declaration of Independence: A document that declared that the US were independent from Britain and that a new country would be formed by the 13 colonies
• Enlightenment (philosophers): Cultural movement in the 18th century that emphasized reason over superstition

  • John Locke: Liberty
  • Montesquieu: Separation of Powers
  • Voltaire: Separation of Church and State
• Articles of Confederation: Written doc. that established the functions of the national gov. of the US after it declared independence