Why Government

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Who believed that the power of government should be held by someone who wears a crown?

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Thomas Hobbes

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In a state of nature there is

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no leader to rule the people, the option to have whatever you have the power to take, chaos and conflict.

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Hobbes believed that with a social contract, that the people would give up certain rights for

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protection.

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John Locke believed that everyone is born with a tabula rasa, which is

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a blank slate that would be begin to be filled up with life experiences.

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John Locke and Thomas Hobbes view of a state of nature was

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similar.

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Hobbes believed that once the people agreed to a social contract that

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they lost the ability to rebel against a leader.

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John Locke believed that each person was born with natural rights, which included

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the right to life, the right to liberty, and the right to property.

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John Locke believed that the purpose of government was to give people protection, including the protection of everyone's

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natural rights.

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Which thinker believed that the people had a right to rebel against government leadership if the leadership failed to protect natural rights?

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John Locke

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The best definition of a social contract is

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an agreement between a government and the people where certain rights of the people are given up in exchange for protection from the government.