Enlightenment Ideas
The idea that everyone is born with natural rights and deserve to be treated fairly no matter their background, status or wealth
Human equality
A king or a queen that holds total power
Absolute monarchy
Who proposed the idea of life, liberty, and property
John Locke
The European intellectual movement that emphasized the responsibility of government to protect the peoples natural rights was called the
Enlightenment
According to what idea is everyone born with basic rights and cannot be taken away by the government (life, liberty, property)
Natural Rights
Who proposed the concept of separation of powers
The idea that government power should be divided into different branches so no one person or group becomes too powerful
Separation of Powers
A political system in which representatives are elected by the people follows the model of
A republic
Which government does Thomas Hobbes believe works best
Absolute Monarchy
According to what theory the people must agree to sacrifice a degree of their rights in order to give government authority
Social Contract
Democracy
Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rosseau developed the idea of an agreement between people and their rulers
Social Contract
According to what idea that government power stems from the consent of the governed (power comes from the people)
Popular Sovereignty
Citizens elected representatives to make decisions for them
Republic/representative democracy
According to Locke, all people are born free and equal with natural rights, however, only this group of people received these rights in the 18th century
Male-property owners