Thomas Hobbes
The question that Thomas and other scholars tried to answer.
What is "Why do we have government?"
This person was influenced by John Locke when writing the Constitution.
Who was Thomas Jefferson.
Baron de Montesquieu spent a lot of time thinking about this.
What is how the government should be created and maintained.
He believed this was the best form of government.
What is democracy.
What is the State of Nature.
Hobbes thought this about people
What is greedy, violent, and afraid of other resulting in no inventions, art, crops, or tools.
In his book called "An essay Concerning Human Understanding", what did tabula rasa meant
what is blank slate or page.
The meaning of liberty to Baron de Minteaquieu.
What is peace of mind that comes from being safe.
These were the 2 types of freedoms Rousseau believed in.
Natural Freedom-living in a state of nature with no rules or government.
Social Freedom- is when people scarifice soem natural freedoms so they have the freedom that comes with security and protection.
Many Enlightenment thinkers believed in the idea that a country's leader should be chosen by the citizens in a general election.
What is republicanism.
Hobbes believed people gave this up once they filled out a Social Contract.
What is the right to overthrow, replace, or even question the government.
Three things John Locke felt people needed were
Life, Liberty, and Property.
What Montesquieu called the governemt when it was divided into parts, and each part had its own purpose.
What is the separation of power.
In his book "The Social Contract", Rousseau writes about this, which is what the government follows that are in best interest of society as a whole.
What is general will.
This is when the citizens have the right to revolt if the government failed to hold up thier end of the social contract.
What is the consent of the governed.
His book Leviathan was in support of this type of government.
What is a single sovereign, or ruler with total authority.
what is protect people's personal rights.
This system was created so that each branch has the ability to limit the power of the other two branches.
What is checks and balances.
These are the 2 types of Democracy.
What is Direct Democracy (all meet, have a say, hard in large societies) and Representative Democracy (a few meet for all, citizens hope make good choices, better for large societies).
The fundamental basic rights humans are born with that include the right to life, liberty, property, and the freedom to find happiness.
What are natural rights.
Hobbes believed in the social contract, but not for rights, because he was focused on
What is protection and order.
Locke believed a government could only run smoothly if there was
what is a social contract.
Which is the executive (president), legislative (congress), and judicial (courts).
This US presdient's quote, "a government of the people, by the people, for the people" was influenced by Rousseau's ideas.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
This agreement gives citizens protection to their rights of life, liberty, and property in exchange for the loss of some state of natures (the right to kill or rob).
What is the Social Contract.