POL S 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sole Power, Connecticut Compromise, Supremacy Clause
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Chapter 2: political science: the founding & the. The government made by the founders was the product of: New ideas about governance that gained currency in the century before america broke with britain. In leviathan he wrote about the necessity of government authority. Thought without it life was solitary poor nasty brutish and short. Political systems based on contract theory people of country give up some freedom in exchange for ordered society. Monarchical power wasn"t absolute but it was dangerous and should have limits monarch. People retain rights despite social contract they make with. People"s lives liberty and property also need protection. Second treatise of civil government, he wrote people should overthrow government if it"s unjust or tyrannical. 5 sectors of society had interests that were important in colonial politics: They were all in conflict over issues of taxation, trade, and commerce. The planters, merchants, and royal office and patent holders made up the colonial elite.
