Civics Midterm Review

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What is an agreement between people and the government?

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Social Contract

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Dividing the government into 3 specific branches is called?

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Separation of Powers

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The Enlightenment is

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a time with people used reason and logic to explain the world

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Which Enlightenment thinker gave the idea of Separation of Power?

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Baron de Montesqieu

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John Locke's thinking influenced what American founder? Options: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson

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According to Locke, all humans share a set of __________.

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natural rights

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Locke's natural rights include...

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life, liberty, and property

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protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American Bill of Rights

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English Bill of Rights

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agreement signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth, to consult each other about laws for the colony and a promise to work together to make it succeed; "Civil body politic" - Self Government / Social Contract

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Mayflower Compact

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What was the first English document that limited the power of the ruler, signed in 1215?

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