Unit 2 Test

1

100

Written by Thomas Jefferson and led to separation of church and state and served as a model for the 1st Amendment.

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

200

The rights of “life, liberty, and property” that John Locke argued for.

• Natural Laws

300

• According to John Locke, which rights were guaranteed by natural law?

• Life, liberty, and property

400

• What pamphlet convinced many American colonists to support independence from Great Britain.

• Common Sense

2

100

Document signed by Charles I of England that further limited the powers of the English monarch.

• Petition of Right

200

Montesquieu's plan of a separation of to keep the government from getting too powerful in one branch

• Checks & Balances

300

• Who wrote The Social Contract about the agreement between the people and the government in which people gave up some freedom in order to have their rights protected?

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

400

• Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

3

100

Enlightenment-era work by Thomas Hobbes in which he expresses his ideas on government

• Leviathan

200

Document signed in 1689 that guaranteed the rights of English citizens.

• English Bill of Rights

300

• Which enlightenment thinker believed that a strong government is needed to keep order?

• Thomas Hobbes

400

• According to the Declaration of Independence, what truth was “self-evident”?

• All men are created equal

4

100

An agreement by which people give up some freedoms for an organized society

• Social Contract

200

In Ancient Greece, Athens had the first ___ which greatly influenced the US government.

Democracy

300

• The Pilgrims created the Mayflower Compact in order to -

• establish an orderly community

400

• The belief expressed in the Declaration of Independence that “just powers are derived from the consent of the government” is best described as:

• Popular Sovereignty

5

100

Document written by George Mason and served as a model/example for the U.S. Bill of Rights.

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

200

• Ancient Rome set up a ___ where citizens elected representatives to the Senate to rule.

Republic

300

• What did citizens of Athens and the Pilgrims have in common?

• Both created a direct democracy

400

• John Locke’s believed that the government gets its right to govern from the people. This principle is included in the Declaration of Independence and can be considered -

• Consent of the Governed