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The Founding Fathers borrowed the idea of a representative government from the philosophies of john Locke, and also from the government they recently broke away from, Britain's monarchial parliamentary system.
Initially, many of the patriots wanted to declare George Washington king, but the Founding Fathers knew they had to try something different from Britain's government style if they wished to avoid a similar revolution as that which occurred against the British.
Thus, they devised a completely experimental form of government today known as a federal presidential constitutional republic. They borrowed Locke's ideas of the government being ruled by the people, and looked at the flaws of Britain's then-parliamentary government.
Once such studied flaw was the excessive power and authority of the head of state, or the king, and the contrasting limited power of the representative body, the parliament. The Founding Fathers concluded that they needed to somehow switch those roles, intending to make the representative body (Congress) more powerful than the head of state (the President). To balance Congress's overwhelming authority, they made the President the head of government as well, with safety nets that allowed both to check one another.
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The idea that the government should serve the will of the people?
Representative Government
Idea that government is not all powerful?
Limited Government is the idea that the government does not have complete power. Citizens have certain rights that the government cannot take away.
How the national government of the US an example of a representative democracy?
We elect people to represent us, therefore, it is a representative democracy.
When did representative government start to govern the US?
In 1789
What is the idea that people have the right to abolish an abusive and unresponsive government?
The right to representative government is the idea behind the notion that people have the right to disband a government that becomes abusive or unresponsive. This is found in the Declaration of Independence.
The idea that the government should serve the will of the people?
Representative Government
Idea that government should serve the will of the people?
Representative Government
What is The idea that government is not powerful is called?
representative
How was the representative government idea put into practice?
Every time we have an election we are having representative democracy or government.
How representative government idea was put into practice?
Every time we have an election we are having representative democracy or government.
What two English principles of government influenced the development of the US?
Representative democracy and constitution.
How did the founders adapt the idea of republican government?
They wrote the constitution to establish a representative government.
What a set of ideas did the most to shape the American System of government?
Ordered, representative and limited gov't.(magna carta)
Idea that government is not all powerful?
Limited Government is the idea that the government does not have complete power. Citizens have certain rights that the government cannot take away.
How the national government of the US an example of a representative democracy?
We elect people to represent us, therefore, it is a representative democracy.
When did representative government start to govern the US?
In 1789
What type of government did the US create?
A representative democracy.
