Government Final 2024

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The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights were both significant in that they

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Limited the power of the king and ensured the rights of the people by strengthening Parliament

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This is the idea that people surrender some of their power to the state in exchange for some form of protection by the state.

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Social Contract

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This is the concept that governments receive their permission to govern from the people themselves.

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Consent of the governed

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This French Enlightenment thinker believed that governmental power should be separated into separate branches and that those branches should check and balance the power of each other.

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Baron de Montesquieu

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This term refers to political authority being granted by law or by state or national constitution.

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Legitimacy

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The Declaration of Independence was based largely on the ideas of

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John Locke

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Both Thomas Hobbes and John Locke believed that:

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Government is created through a social contract

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According to the authors of the Declaration of Independence, the power of the government is derived from what?

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The permission of those governed

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John Locke believed that the ultimate role of government is the protection of:

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Natural Rights

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This is the idea that kings receive their power from God and are accountable only to God.

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Divine Right