Thinkers
Founding Documents
Enlightenment Ideas
Montesquiei
John Locke
100
This thinker believed in natural rights
Who is John Locke
100
Who are our founding fathers? Thomas Jefferson John ______________ George Washington Alexander Hamilton
Who is John Adams
100
What was a philosophical movement in the 1700s
What is Enlightenment
100
Montesquieu thought that the government should be divided into _________ parts to prevent any branch of government from becoming too powerful
What is three
100
____________ rights are rights that you are born with.
What is natural rights
200
This thinker believed in the social contract
Who is John Locke
200
When was the Declaration of Independence written?
What is July 4 1776
200
Scholars thought that __________, reason, and logic brought us out of the darkness.
What is science
200
The three branches of government are ___________, judicial, and executive.
What is legislative
200
Natural rights are life, liberty, property, and freedom of _______________?
What is religion
300
This thinker believed in the Separation of Powers
Who is Montesquieu
300
The Declaration of Independence announces the ________ of the United States
What is formation
300
Enlightenment is the thought that we are all born ___________.
What is equal
300
What is the branch of government that makes the laws?
What is legislative branch
300
Natural rights are guaranteed in both of our founding documents the Declaration of Independence and ______________
What is constitution
400
Which thinker believed that any person with too much power was likely to abuse it
Who is Montesquieu
400
The constitution defines the __________ of the government
What is powers
400
The three enlightenment ideas are separation of powers, natural rights, and ______________
What is social contract
400
What system is put into place to put other branches in check and prevent one branch from abusing their power?
What is the System of Checks and Balances
400
________________ contract is a contract between the government and people.
What is social
500
Who were the two Enlightenment Thinkers
Who is John Locke and Montesquieu
500
The Declaration of Independence rejected the idea that a ________ had the right to rule
What is a king or queen
500
Government needed to be designed in a way that would prevent any one person from having too much _______.
What is power
500
Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing the laws?
What is the executive branch
500
In a social contract the people agree to give up certain ____________ in exchange for protection by the government.
What is rights
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