Influences on the Founding of the United States of America
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POL/115 Week 1 Assignment
Influences on the Founding of the United States of America
Complete each section of the matrix below. Include APA citations for all unoriginal ideas, facts, or definitions.
| Documents | In 2-3 sentences, provide a brief summary of each document, and discuss each 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 | |
| Mayflower Compact | |
| Declaration of Independence | |
| Articles of Confederation | |
| The Virginia Plan | |
| The New Jersey Plan | |
| The Connecticut Plan | |
| The U.S. Constitution | |
| The Bill of Rights |
| Philosophers | In 2-3 sentences, provide a brief summary of who each philosopher was, and discuss how each philosopher’s writings and ideas influenced the founding fathers as they developed the values of American political culture and the nature and structure of the U.S. system of government. |
| Thomas Hobbes | |
| John Locke | |
| Montesquieu | |
| Selected Founders | In 2-3 sentences, provide a brief summary of who each founding father was, and discuss the role of each person in the establishment of the United States of America and its system of government. |
| Benjamin Franklin | |
| Alexander Hamilton | |
| George Washington | |
| Thomas Jefferson | |
| James Madison | |
| John Adams |
| Political Factions | In 2-3 sentences, provide a brief explanation of each of these factions, and discuss how each viewed the power and scope of the U.S. Federal government. |
| Federalists | |
| Anti-Federalists | |
| Types of Democracy | In 2-3 sentences, discuss the characteristics and principles of each type of government, and describe how (if at all) those principles are used in the structure of the U.S. system of government. |
| Representative Democracy | |
| Direct Democracy | |
| Concepts | In 2-3 sentences, describe how each of these concepts exists in the organization of the U.S. federal government, and discuss why this concept is important in a representative democracy. |
| Separation of Powers | |
| Checks and Balances |
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