Government and Social Contract Concepts

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This Enlightenment thinker believed that people agree to be ruled because their ruler pledges to protect their rights.

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Thomas Hobbes

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This document limited the King John of England's power.

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Magna Carta

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The ____________ is a group of people that makes laws.

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Legislature

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A _____________________ is an agreement among people in a society with the government. The people give up their natural rights to be protected by the government.

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Social Contract

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An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection

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Social Contract

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Who believed in a social contract between the people and the government in which people gave up some freedom in order to have their rights protected? Options: Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Hobbes

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Rousseau

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Freedoms that people have because they are human beings, including the rights to life, liberty, and property are called?

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Natural Rights

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The concept of "Separation of Powers" can be attributed to which Enlightenment thinker?

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John Locke

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Which enlightenment thinker believed that when people form a society, they give up some of their freedoms in exchange for a Government that will protect their rights?

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Jean Jacques Rouseau

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Which Enlightenment thinker believed that government powers should be separated so that no one part can become too powerful?

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Baron de Montesquieu