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“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau

DO NOW. “Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE QUOTE ABOVE? WHAT DO YOU THINK ROUSSEAU IS TRYING TO SAY? DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE? WHY?. Government and the state. The State.

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“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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  1. DO NOW “Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE QUOTE ABOVE? WHAT DO YOU THINK ROUSSEAU IS TRYING TO SAY? DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE? WHY?

  2. Government and the state

  3. The State • Defined: a body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically, and with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority

  4. 4 Characteristics of the State • Population • Territory • Sovereignty • Government

  5. Population No brainer, you need people to make a state Do not have to be homogeneous Example: United States

  6. Territory Another no brainer, must have land with recognized borders

  7. Sovereignty Nobody tells them what to do Can decide government, policies, laws, or taxes

  8. Government Institution through which a society makes and enforces its public polices

  9. Where did these ideas come from? • Force Theory • Social Contract • Evolutionary Theory • Divine Right Theory

  10. Constitution • Your definition?

  11. Constitution • Actual definition: the body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of a government

  12. Preamble • We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

  13. Questions • The United States is sovereign, but Phoenix is not. Do you think Phoenix should be sovereign? Why or why not? • How does the language of the Preamble reflect the ideas of Social contracts?

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