Philosophers
Montesquieu is credited with creating this
what is separation of powers?
Describe a social contract
What is people give up only as much power as necessary to the government in exchange for protection?
Created in the 1200s to help give England more rights under the tyrannical Norman dynasty
What is the Magna Carta?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Locke is credited with this contribution to the enlightenment
What is natural rights of man?
Describe Natural Rights
What are Rights that you are born with and cannot be taken away?
Early 1600s, created as a response to the tyrannically King Charles. It made sure the king could not jail without reason, approve taxes without parliament, illegally quarter soldiers.
What is the English Petition of Right?
Those words "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" were adapted from "life, liberty, and property" said by this philosopher.
Who is John Locke?
Hobbes is credited with this
What is belief in social contract theory, but with the idea that an absolute ruler is necessary
Describe separation of powers
what is Power of the government is split into 3 branches?
Published last in 1689, this document was a culmination of the prior 2 and helped to reinforce the power of the people
Cesar Beccaria is credited with this
Writing on crimes and punishments, asserted that the "crime should fit the punishment"
Describe consent of the governed
What is government must receive approval from the people in order to be a legitimate government?
All three of these documents were rooted in this
What is giving power back to the people?
Wollstonecraft is credited with this
Describe Popular Sovereignty
What is government based on the will of the
people?
King Charles signed the Petition of Right in 1628 for this reason.
What is he had amassed a large debt from war?