ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS
This Enlightenment thinker argued that people possess natural rights, including life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke
Rights that people possess simply because they are human.
What are Natural rights
I wrote about life, liberty, and property. Who am I?
Who is John Locke
This document declared that the thirteen colonies were independent from Great Britain.
What is The Declaration of Independence
Citizens vote for representatives who make laws on their behalf. Which principle does this demonstrate?
What is Republicanism
This thinker believed that without a strong government, human life could descend into disorder and conflict.
Who is Thomas Hobbes
Government receives its legitimate authority from the people.
What is Popular sovereignty
I argued that government needed strong authority to maintain order. Who am I?
Who is Thomas Hobbes
This document begins with the words “We the People.”
U.S. Constitution
You give up the freedom to drive 100 mph in exchange for safer roads. Which concept does this illustrate?
What is Social contract
This thinker is most closely associated with separation of powers and influenced the structure of the U.S. Constitution.
Who is Montesquieu
People agree to give up some individual freedom in exchange for the protection and benefits provided by government.
What is Social contract
I am the principle that divides governmental authority between the national government and state governments. What am I?
What is Federalism
This document established an early form of self-government among the Pilgrims and reflected the idea that members of the community would work together under agreed-upon rules.
What is The Mayflower Compact
The federal government has certain powers while state governments retain other powers. Which constitutional principle does this demonstrate?
What is Federalism
This Enlightenment thinker emphasized the social contract and the idea that legitimate political authority ultimately comes from the people.
WHo is Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Government may exercise power, but its power is restricted by laws and constitutional rules.
What is Limited government
I am the principle under which citizens elect representatives to govern on their behalf. What am I?
What is Republicanism
This document reaffirmed the principles of equality and popular government during the Civil War and famously described government “of the people, by the people, for the people.”
What is The Gettysburg Address
A president argues that because he was elected, there should be no limits on his authority. Which democratic ideal most directly contradicts his argument?
What is Limited government
Name the thinker AND the American document: His ideas about natural rights, consent of the governed, and the right to replace an abusive government strongly influenced this document.
Who is John Locke — What is the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration says governments derive their “just powers from the consent of the governed.” Which democratic ideal does this MOST directly demonstrate?
What is Popular sovereignty
I divide government power among legislative, executive, and judicial branches so that governmental power is not concentrated in one place. What am I?
What is Separation of powers
Which document most clearly transformed Enlightenment ideas about natural rights, popular sovereignty, and consent of the governed into an argument for American independence?
What is The Declaration of Independence
A government repeatedly violates its citizens' fundamental rights. Citizens argue that because government exists to protect those rights, they have the right to replace it. Identify BOTH the Enlightenment thinker and the principle most closely associated with this argument.
John Locke + natural rights or social contract