Constitution
Plans of government
Constitutional law
Defines limit and extends the law
State
Political
Nation
Independent state or country
Hobbes
Wrote the ideal of social contract
Constitutional government
Defines limit of government power
Federal system
Divides powers between states
Sovereignty
Supreme power
Confederacy
Loose organizations of state
Government
How states maintain
John Locke
Had idea of citizens life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
Lincoln
Government provides necessary service