POL 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Massachusetts Government Act, Enumerated Powers, Connecticut Compromise

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 307
• Professor: Sylvia Thompson

Document Summary

Assumption that for most of history government did not exist. Thomas hobbes (1588-1679) and john locke (1632-1704), along with other social contract theorists of the time, scripted and enforced this theory. The two differed in understandings of human nature. History is typically divided into three categories of time: antiquity: 500 bce 500 ce, middle ages: 500 ce 1,500 ce, modern era: 1,500 ce today, enlightenment: 1600s 1700s. Anarchists believe that all decisions are made voluntarily, and that society/government should function like family and friends and love and support each other. Athens is the most famous city-state example of a direct pure democracy in which the people ruled. Natural theory: states that some human beings naturally want power and to lead and some naturally want to be led. Force theory: people are forced to come together under a government by the need to survive (building shelters, bridges, creating agriculture), or by fear of a leader.