(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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No single branch of government has too much power.
About 20 years.
Suitable for small populations, state governed by the citizens.
Checks and balances.
Figuring out how to protect political liberty.
Republic, Monarchy, Despotism.
“A tranquility of mind arising from the opinion each person has of his safety.”
One person would gain too much power and lead to a tyrannical despotism.
Suitable for moderate sized populations, a King is in rule and has varying levels of power.
The Persian Letters.
Interpret laws, decide if proposed laws are constitutional, take information from other branches are translate it to the public, dispute cases.
Enforce laws, have a head of state, power to veto laws created by the legislature.
1748.
John Locke.
Controversial and successful, condemnation from catholic churches in 1751.
The Spirit of Law.
Legislature, Executive, Judicial.
The Framers used the ideas of checks and balances, and having three branches of government.
Three political regimes, three branches of government, checks and balances, importance of separation of powers.
Suitable for large populations, Absolute power controlled by one person.
A philosophical movement that moved away from religious ideas and focused more on rationality.
Create laws, controls taxes, relies on other branches to finalize proposed laws.
Montesquieu was a French political philosopher who was known for his theory on the separation of powers.
By each branch having its own way to “check” each other, such as the judicial branch making sure a proposed legislative law follows the constitution.
