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US History concept chart major concepts & themes across US History: Difference between revisions
US History concept chart major concepts & themes across US History (view source)
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** anti-monarchical | ** anti-monarchical | ||
** stability and flexibility | ** stability and flexibility | ||
** | ** susceptibility to populism, demagoguery and factionalism | ||
* <br><br> | * <br><br> | ||
<big>''' | <big>'''Natural Law'''</big> | ||
* | * the idea that individual rights are inherent (people born with them) and not granted by governments | ||
** John Locke articulated natural law | |||
** affirmed by the '''Declaration of Independence''' | |||
* <br><br> | * <br><br> | ||
<big>''' | <big>'''Self-rule'''</big> | ||
* | * also known as self-governance, self-government | ||
* <br><br> | * colonial traditions of local self-rule were inherent to colonial experience, isolated communities, distant from British governance<br><br> | ||
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=== English civil law & rights === | === English civil law & rights === | ||