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Written by Thomas Jefferson, this led to the separation of church and state and served as a model for the 1st Amendment
What is the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom?
The natural rights that John Locke argued for
What is life, liberty, and property?
According to John Locke, these rights are guaranteed to everyone
What is life, liberty, and property?
This pamphlet written by Thomas Paine convinced many American colonists to support independence from Great Britain
What is Common Sense?
This document was signed by King Charles I of England that further limited the powers of the English Monarch
What is the Petition of Right?
Montesquieu's plan for a separation of powers in government to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful
What is checks and balances?
This person wrote The Social Contract, which said that a social contract was an agreement between the people and government
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
This person was the main author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This Enlightenment era work was written by Thomas Hobbes
What is Leviathan?
Document signed in 1689 that gave rights to all English citizens
What is the English Bill of Rights?
This enlightenment thinker believed a strong government is necessary to keep order in society
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
According to the Declaration of Independence, this truth is "self-evident."
What is "All men are created equal"?
An agreement by which people give up some freedoms for an orderly society?
What is the Social Contract?
This ancient city-state in Greece had the first democracy which greatly influenced the US government.
What is Athens?
The Pilgrims wrote this document in order to establish an orderly community
What is the Mayflower Compact?
John Locke believed in this phrase, which means that the right of the government to rule came from the people
What is Consent of the Governed?
Document written by George Mason which served as a model for the Bill of Rights
What is the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
What is a Republic?
The Pilgrims and ancient Athens both had this in common.
What is a direct democracy?
This document, which also has the same name as a Jay-Z album, was signed in 1215 and was an important stepping stone towards individual freedom and democracy in the US and around the world
What is the Magna Carta?