Political Culture cid 2 View Small gov vs services prefer small and like services Historically wary uneasy b c we were coming from oppression New Deal and modern Era cid 2 Trust in government decline over time cid 2 Political Efficacy individual belief that citizens can affect what the government does Effect cid 2 Less voting and fewer people running for office no longer a real democracy cid 2 Political Awareness and efficacy Low level of awareness cid 2 Understanding how it works makes it easier to change cid 2 Questions random beginner ones 9 justices on supreme court Democratic Senate and white house Republican House of Representatives Attorney General is the head of the department of justice Paul Ryan was Mitt Romney s running mate cid 2 Citizenship cid 2 Government Being a part of a country Informed and active membership in a political community cid 2 Example voting following laws Used to describe formal institutions through which land and people rules 3 branches Judicial Legislative and Executive cid 2 cid 2 Bureaucracy Needs organization stability w laws Who Governs cid 2 Autocracy One person king queen Single person controls rules cid 2 Oligarchy small group controls governing decisions Ex military inner government cid 2 Democracy permits citizens to participate in governing process How Much Control cid 2 Constitutional Gov least amount of gov control Formal effective limited places on government s power Rules must be formal written and effective to count as a constitutional government cid 2 Authoritarian Gov Gov recognizes no formal limits but may be restrained by the power of other social institutions Ex religion labor unions people strongly tied to them cid 2 Totalitarian most amount of government control Gov recognizes no formal limits but seeks to absorb or eliminate other institutions that might challenge it Ex China drives out religion no one can challenge the government cid 2 You can combine the two like autocracy totalitarian cid 2 We are a constitutional democracy Forms of Democracy cid 2 Representative Democracy System of government where populists pple who represent ordinary pple select representatives to play a significant role in government decision making cid 2 Direct Democracy System of rule that allows citizens to vote directly on laws and policies Not on a national level but on a state level cid 2 Pluralism Political Culture Theory that all interests are free to compete or influence in government Everyone should be able to try to get what they want cid 2 Broadly shared values beliefs and attitudes about how the government should function cid 2 Differ b t countries cid 2 Principles Liberty Freedom cid 2 Economic liberty rally cry no taxation without representation linked to capitalism free markets and the protection of private property cid 2 Personal liberty freedom of speech press religion etc Equality cid 2 Everyone has the same opportunities cid 2 Equality Results Embraced by few Americans be active in promoting those who don t start well usually don t support the poor until it affects everyone Democracy cid 2 Political authority rests in the hands of the pple popular sovereignty placing power in the hands of the people cid 2 Majority rule and minority rights 50 of the vote wins minorities have been discriminated against in the past so we try to protect them now Review Questions cid 2 What has happened to the size and scope of government over the last 100 years They have grown and increased involvement cid 2 What has happened to citizen s trust in government over the last 50 years It has declined greatly b c of scandal etc cid 2 What is Political Efficacy and what has happened to it over the last 50 years Belief that people can influence the government and politics cid 2 What is the difference between Autocracy Oligarchy and Democracy All who governs Auto one person oligarchy 2 people Dem citizens play significant part cid 2 What is the difference between Constitutional Authoritarian and Totalitarian governments All differ in how much control Cons Limits on powers of the government powers must be written or expressed somewhere Authoritarian Government recognizes no formal limits but may be restrained by social institutions ex religion Totalitarian recognizes no formal limits and rids of social institutions Is the US a direct democracy or a representative democracy Representative we elect people at national level cid 2 Chapter 2 Seeds of Discontent cid 2 After French and Indian War made acts to pay war debt and protect people cid 2 Charge them for protection cid 2 Stamp Act Tax on printed items had to use paper from London cid 2 Sugar Act 3 cent tax on sugar and molasses Both acts united merchants and planters 2 different classes of people boycotts East India Tea company cid 2 Granted monopoly to British company cid 2 British Response to Boston Tea Party Government overreacted and made stricter rules coercive acts a k a intolerable acts no movement west which alienated planters who depended on access to western lands closed harbor British Response cid 2 First Continental Congress 1774 Delegates wrote a list of grievances to the king Agreed to meet later in one year to see if changes were made Boycott of British goods cid 2 Second Continental Congress 1776 King sent troops instead so a war broke out The created the continental army appointed George Washington to lead them Sent an olive branch petition to ask politely king rejected it Wrote the Declaration of independence Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union cid 2 U S first written constitution cid 2 Confederation The relationship b t national gov and states States have the power retain sovereignty Limited authority to an overarching national government 13 Articles of Confederation Legislature cid 2 Unicameral one house cid 2 Each state received an equal one vote cid 2 Can declare war couldn t regulate army they had to request it cid 2 No tax or revenue from the states Made own money cid 2 No laws at a national level cid 2 Must have unanimous agreement to make amendments Executive cid 2 Figure head independent authority cid 2 No national court system cid 2 Adopted in 1777 ratified in 1781 Articles to constitution cid 2 Indian Confrontations Hard to protect the border from Indian warfare cid 2 British Presence Government couldn t drive them out cid 2 Newburgh crisis 1783 Soldiers promised a pension for fighting but they were in debt so they couldn t pay cid 2 Annapolis Convention 1786 Soldiers