Based on the excerpt below, what kind of political theory is spoken of?
Government Unit 1 24-25

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Divine Right of Kings
Answer explanation
In the excerpt it talks about kings, queens, and other princes being ordained of God. This is where monarchs claim their power is from, directly from God.
God = Divine
Kings = Kings
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Which idea is based on justice and transcend man made law? Options: Natural Law, Divine Right, Social Contract, Unalienable Rights
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Natural Law
Answer explanation
Enlightenment thinkers believed that natural law is above all laws made by man. This gave the founding fathers reasons to declare that the laws that Parliament were passing on the colonies were null and void.
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What are Life, Liberty, & Pursuit of Happiness referred to as in the Declaration of Independence?
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Unalienable Rights
Answer explanation
Thomas Jefferson referred to the rights that mankind has simply for being born human as unalienable rights.
These rights are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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How did Montesquieu’s ideas influence the Constitution? Options: A Bill of Rights, A Gov't consisting of 3 branches, 2 legislative bodies must approve all laws, Total presidential power
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A Gov't consisting of 3 branches
Answer explanation
In the excerpt, Montesquieu states the judging be not separated form legislative and executive. This idea can be found in the US Constitution because the founders created a new government that consisted of three branches.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Which founder was a major proponent of the Constitution including the rights of individuals & states?
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George Mason
Answer explanation
George Mason argued so much for specifically listed rights for individuals and states in the Constitution that when the final draft which still didn't contain these rights was voted on he refused to vote for or sign the new constitution. These rights were later added as the first changes or amendments made to the Constitution.
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Which founding father signed the Declaration of Independence and proposed the 3/5 Compromise?
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James Wilson
Answer explanation
James Wilson is one of the founding fathers to both sign the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. When the convention were arguing about whether slaves should count towards a states population for the number of representatives that each state would have in the House of Representatives, James Wilson came up with the 3/5 Compromise which both slave and free states could agree on.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Which Founding Father matches the list below? Options: John Adams, Roger Sherman, Alexander Hamilton, George Mason
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Roger Sherman
Answer explanation
Roger Sherman is the only founder to have signed the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. When the convention was divided on how to represent states in the proposed legislature, it was Sherman who came up with the compromise that combined portions of the New Jersey and Virginia plans to create the Congress with equal representation in the Senate and population based representation in the House of Representatives. This compromise became known as the Great Compromise.
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