Enlightenment Thinkers
He believed all people have natural rights like life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke
This 1215 English document limited the power of the king.
What is the Magna Carta
This document announced the colonies’ break from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence
A government where people vote for leaders
What is a democracy
This thinker said government power should be divided into three branches.
Who is Montesquieu
This was the first agreement for self-government in the colonies, signed on a ship.
What is the Mayflower Compact
He wrote most of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Freedom to make your own choices. Another word for freedom.
What is liberty
People agree to be ruled because their ruler pledges to protect their rights. An agreement called the Social Contract.
Who is Thomas Hobbes
This 1689 document gave rights to English citizens and limited the king’s power.
What is the English Bill of Rights
The Declaration says all people have “life, liberty, and the pursuit of ____.”
What is happiness
A rule or policy made by a government.
What is a law
His pamphlet Common Sense convinced many colonists to support independence.
Who is Thomas Paine
The Magna Carta introduced this idea: rulers must obey the law too.
What is the rule of law
The Declaration says governments get their power from whom?
What is the people?
A person chosen to speak or act for others
What is a representative
John Locke’s idea that people agree to be governed is called this.
What is the social contract
The Mayflower Compact is important because it showed this idea: people can govern themselves.
What is self-government
The Declaration listed these to show why the colonies were leaving Britain. It's another way of saying complaints.
What are grievances
A concept where the government that gets its power from the people. We have it in the U.S.
What is popular sovereignty