POSC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Limited Government, Connecticut Compromise, Direct Democracy
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Politics vs government: government - structure, two houses of congress. How laws are made, functions, and how it looks after the individuals in this nation. Founding fathers believed in limited government, not central like we have today. They were afraid of the government that had too much power and control. Power of the government should belong to the people (local government should make the decisions unless it"s a big decision: politics - the game, not focused upon in this class. Iv: we are not a democracy, we are actually a republic. We elect representatives that will make the laws for us: a democracy is where everyone would vote and not have representatives. British crown was taxing the colonist very heavily, and those in the colonies did not get any representation: articles of confederation. Outlined framework of the original united states government. Wanted week federal government so that they people would not feel marginalized by the government.