Thursday, October 1, 2009

Vocabulary


MY DEFINITIONS :

Natural rights : Anyone can enter a society with their own rights that no form of authority can take away from them

Social Contract : A contract between members of a society which consists participating in social benefits for example to sacrify someone's freedom to protect a state.

Right to Revolution : Having the right to rebel when government is unfair or abuses authority

Popular sovereignty : The supreme power or authority a state has over its people

Right of self determination : The proccess a country goes through to detetmine their statehood and form allegiances

IMPORTANCE RANKING :

1. Natural Rights
2. Popular Soverignty
3. Rights to Revolution
4. Social Contract
5.Right of self determination