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Why did Jefferson felt that it was not the right but also the duty of a people to overthrow a despotic government?
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His philosophy came from an earlier enlightenment thinker John Locke who had a big influence on also the way the Constitution was written. Go Google "john Locke" for a better understanding.
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Does Jefferson believe people should always overthrow their government once there is just cause?
i have no clue sorry
Why do you suppose Jefferson felt that it was not only the right but the duty of a people to overthrow a despotic government?
Yes he did. He was a true revolutionary and felt that unless there was a change in government that it would grow too big and become entrenched. You have to remember that in the 1700's most of his world was farming and his views were from that perspective. He was an anti federalist and that was his main disagreement with Adams.
What are the forms of governent?
Montesquieu followed Aristotle's vision and divided government into three types according to their nature: republican, monarchical and despotic. A republic is a government in which people as a whole or a part of the people have sovereign power, a monarchy is a state in which a single person governs by fixed and established laws; a despotic government is one in which a man rules without law, guided solely by his will.
How do you overthrow a government?
well some ways of changing gov is when people can vote who they want to be as goverment.
What is it called when an group of people overthrow one government?
treason
A sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people?
Coup
What is overthrow of a government by the people?
It is called a coup or a coup d'etat.
How did the people overthrow the government in the Haitian revolution?
They killed the whites and made a new government
Does the US have the responsibility or right to overthrow dictatorships?
No and No. No individual state actor, including the United States has the right to choose what regimes rule over which people. This is the concept of national sovereignty, that each group of people who form their own nation have the right to decide what government they want to rule over them, and if it is a despotic one, they have that right.
Which action could be justified by ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
people have the right to overthrow an oppressive government
What are form of government?
Montesquieu followed Aristotle's vision and divided government into three types according to their nature: republican, monarchical and despotic. A republic is a government in which people as a whole or a part of the people have sovereign power, a monarchy is a state in which a single person governs by fixed and established laws; a despotic government is one in which a man rules without law, guided solely by his will.
What does It is right of the people to alter or to abolish it and to institute new government mean?
If a government is not responsive to the needs of its people, people have the right to overthrow the government and develop a new system of government. In the case of the American Revolution, this was a violent overthrow and the creation of a whole new type of government.
