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Influences on the Founding of the United States of America

Part 1 Matrix:

Complete each section of the matrix below. Include APA citations for all borrowed ideas, facts, or definitions.

Documents	Summary of Document	What was this document’s significance or influence on the values of the American political culture or the ideas for the structure and organization of the U.S. Federal Government?
Magna Carta	An agreement that protected individual English freedoms.	It influenced the early American colonists in the Thirteen Colonies and formation of the American Constitution, which became supreme law of the land in the new republic of the United States.
Mayflower Compact	“A governing document created by the members of the Mayflower to temporarily establish self-government in the Plymouth Colonies in America”	“The document became an important example to later settlers and revolutionaries of self-government, providing what some have called the “seeds” of later American constitutional government”
Declaration of Independence	A message that announced that the original thirteen colonies were independent from British rule.	It marked the start of the US by declaring our independence from Great Britain.
Articles of Confederation	The original constitution of the United States.	It provided an outline of how to handle government but was later replaced by the United States Constitution.
The Virginia Plan	The Virginia Plan was notable for its role in the setting of the overall agenda for debate in the convention	Set forth the idea of population-weighted representation in the proposed national legislature.
The New Jersey Plan	The State Plan.	It was used as a proposal for the structure of the United Sates government.
The Connecticut Plan	An agreement that was reached for all the states big and small.	This brought structure to the legislative of all state to be fairly represented.
The U.S. Constitution	Supreme law of the Land. (United States of America)	It’s the rights and responsibilities that can be amended to fit the ever-changing nation.
The Bill of Rights	The first ten amendments to the Constitution.	Guarantees of personal freedoms and rights, limitations of go government power, and clear declarations of all powers.
Philosophers	Who was this?	How did each philosopher’s writings and ideas influence the Founders when developing the ideas and values of the American political culture and the nature and structure of the U.S. system of government?
Thomas Hobbes	He was an English Philosopher.	He helped to found the modern political philosophy and political science. His interpretation of the law was people are free to do whatever the law does not forbid.
John Locke	He was an English Philosopher and physician.	What he wrote influenced the American revolutionaries. His classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the United States Declaration of independence.
Montesquieu	He was a French lawyer and a political philosopher.	His articulation of the theory of separation of powers, which were used or implemented in the constitution.
Selected Founders	Who was this?	What role did this Founder play in the establishment of the United States of America and its system of government?
Benjamin Franklin	He was 6th president of Pennsylvania, and inventor and a political theorist.	He was the 1st U.S. ambassador to France.
Alexander Hamilton	He was an American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.	He was the founder of the nation’s financial system.
George Washington	He was the first president of the United States of America.	Known as the father of this country, He established the cabinet system.
Thomas Jefferson	He was the 3rd president of the United States	He help to form the Democratic party.
James Madison	He was the 4th president of the United States	He had the views for the checks and balances of our country.
John Adams	He was the 2nd president of the United States.	He was the author of the Constitution of Massachusetts.
Political Factions	What were each of these factions?	What were each factions ideas on the power and scope of the U.S. Federal government?
Federalists	A group that “argued for ratification of the Constitution, including a stronger national government at the expense of states’ power.	“The Federalists—who urged ratification of the Constitution and controlled the national government until 1801—generally supported a strong role for federal courts and thus favored judicial review. They controlled the new federal government until Thomas Jefferson’s election in 1800”
Anti-Federalists	A group that opposed the creation of a stronger United States government.	The anti-federalists were opposed to providing the United States government too much authority, they wanted the states to have more authority.
Concepts	How is this concept manifest in the organization of the U.S. federal government?	Why is this concept important in a representative democracy?
Separation of Powers	The first step against potential tyranny of the majority	Division of powers in the legislative, executive, and judicial branch.
Checks and Balances	Designed to prevent the branches of government form acting together to misuses their authority.	Constitutional grant of powers that has the three branches check each other on certain thing to keep them balanced.

Part 2 Essay:

Write a 250- to 350-word response below to the following:

Define the terms “direct democracy” and “representative democracy.” Why is the government of the United States of America considered a republic in the context of a “constitutional democracy”?

Include APA citations for all borrowed ideas, facts, or definitions.

Direct Democracy.

A direct democracy is a government where all the citizens can come together to have discussion, pass laws, and can select their officials. The United States was founded on a direct democracy and still has some of this in place the most important example would be the “direct primary, in which voters, rather than third party leaders or other elected officials, select who may run for office”. (David B. Magleby 2016)

Representative Democracy.

A representative democracy is a government where all eligible citizens vote on representatives to pass laws for them. There are several conditions that must be meet to have a representative democracy work. The first condition that would need to be met would be were representatives run for election and try to get the majority vote. Another would be free communication between the people and the press. The last condition that would need to be met would be that the voters believe a good choice or meaningfully choice exists between the candidate and that the policy differences are honestly reflected in each. The effectiveness of the representative democracy depends on the manner as to which of these three factors are presented.

Constitutional Democracy.

A constitutional democracy is when individual citizens can exercise governmental power because of winning a free election. “A government that enforces a recognized limits on those who govern and allows the voice of the people to be heard though free, fair, and relatively frequent elections.” (David B. Magleby 2016) The United States is based on the voice of the people and the way they show this is by voting on elations.

References

David B. Magleby (2016). Government by the people, 2016. Retrieved from the University of Phoenix eBook Collection database.