establishing a constitutional democracy. timeline: key points in the democratization of the united...
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Establishing a Constitutional Democracy
Timeline: Key Points in the Democratization of the
United States
Taxation Without Representation
• Levying of taxes by a government in which the people are not represented by their own elected officials.
Hobbes and his Leviathan
• Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) thought that humans are by nature warlike and selfish. His treatise Leviathan held that the only way to maintain human society was for individuals to consent to rule by a single, all-powerful leader or government.
The Wealthy in State Legislatures
Map of Competing Claims
The Connecticut Compromise
Electoral College
• Those chosen to cast a direct vote for president by a process determined by each state.
Amending the Constitution: A Two-Stage Process