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This philosopher created the idea of checks and balances

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Montesquieu

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This founding father stole the worlds and ideas from John Locke

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Thomas Jefferson

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This Enlightenment thinker believed humans were naturally evil

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Hobbes

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This Enlightenment thinker believed that people should give up certain freedoms in exchange for law and order

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Hobbes

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Which essay in The Federalist discusses the prevention of rule by majority faction?

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Federalist No. 10

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Federalist No. 51 argues for the following principles of government in order to limit the power of government?

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Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

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The Great Compromise was a compromise between--

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Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan

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The 3/5 Compromise settled the argument of--

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How slaves should be counted for representation

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What class is suggested to have a permanent share in the government according to the statement: “All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born; the other, the mass of people…. The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore the first class a ….permanent share in the government….they therefore will ever maintain good government.”

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Federalist

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I wish for nothing more than a good government and a constitution under which our liberties will be perfectly safe. To preserve which, I think the wisest conduct will be to keep the staff of power... in our hands as much as possible, and not... give up a greater share of our liberties.

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Anti-Federalist