Locke and Hobbes
This person believed in a state of nature people are born with natural rights - life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
This philosopher argued that if a leader cannot be both loved and feared, then it’s better to be feared.
Who is Machiavelli?
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This document was signed by King John in 1215.
What is the Magna Carta?
The Declaration of Independence was based largely on the ideas of this Enlightenment philosopher.
Who is John Locke?
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This person believed that people are selfish and always fighting. Because of this, no one will produce art, crops, etc.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
This philosopher believed in limited government.
Who is Montequieu?
This document marked the beginning of self-government and due process.
What is the Magna Carta?
The purpose of the Declaration of Independence.
An explanation of why the American colonists were breaking away from Great Britain.
This state has devastating fires and hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced from their homes.
What is California?
This person believed that in the social contract people lost the right to question the government.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
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Montesquieu's idea of "Separation of Powers" creates this system of accountability.
What is "Checks and Balances?"
1689
This document protected people from cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
"...and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies..." reflects Locke's support for what type of government?
What is democratic government?
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The social contract according to John Locke
People give up some rights but only if the government agrees to protect everyone's natural rights.
This philosopher’s solution to the imbalance of the Social Contract was a direct democracy, not representative democracy.
Who is Rousseau?
This document made Parliament more powerful than the king.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
The quote, "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" is a connection to these ideas.
What is Locke's view of the social contract and democratic government?
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What are drones?
This is the only way a government can be legitimate according to John Locke.
If it is based on a two-way social contract with citizens
This idea of Montesquieu states there are established laws and everyone, including government, is accountable to them.
What is "The Rule of Law?"
(1628) Document signed by Parliament that declared: No imprisonment without due cause; no taxes without Parliament's consent; soldiers not housed in private homes.
What is the Petition of Rights?
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"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it" is a connection to this idea.
What is Locke's social contract theory?
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