Vocabulary
Term meaning: Government power restricted by law
Limited Government?
Document from 1219 that limited government
Magna Carta?
Type of government US has
Democracy
a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers
Enlightenment
Thought people are bad, greedy, selfish and need a social contract
Hobbes?
What were John Locke, Voltaire, Baron de called?
Philosophers
What year was the English Bill of Rights written?
1689
Freedom of speech/thought
Voltaire
What was the Enlightenment time period called?
Age of Reason
Believed people are good and that the social contract gave people a voice for the common good
Rousseau
Parliament
What is the English law making body?
What two early English documents had an influence on American government?
English Bill of Rights and Magna Carta
Person that believed in natural rights
John Locke
Things that citizens are required to follow are called?
Laws/Rules
Believed in freedom of speech and thought
Voltaire?
What continent do we live on?
North America
Freedom of speech, rights of the accused (jury,) right to bear arms
How did the English Bill of Rights influence the United States?
Montesquieu
Separation of powers/checks and balances
Magna Carta
What document did the concept of LIMITED GOVERNMENT come from?
Who is Locke?
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
To protect rights
According to Enlightenment thinkers what was the role of the government?
Rights that cannot be taken away or denied (born with)
What are unalienable rights?
Believed in the separation of powers and checks/balances
Who is Montesquieu?