EOC Review Part 1

The passage below is from Federalist No. 47, written by James Madison in 1788. "Montesquieu was guided . . . in saying “There can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or body” . . . He did not mean that these departments ought to have . . . no CONTROL over, the acts of each other." which constitutional principle does Madison describe?

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty

• judicial review

John Locke is associated with what two social theories?

• natural law, social agreement

• social contract, natural lalw

• separation of powers, checks and balances

• separation of powers and social contract

John Locke believed that when a government stopped protecting the rights of its people, than the people had an obligation to over throw that government. This was called

• revolution

• natural law

• democracy

• social contract

The Pilgrims’ government was established by the _____.

• House of Burgesses

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

The Magna Carta of 1215 is important for establishing which of the following?

• the Virginia Company

• the principle of limited government

• the scientific discoveries of the Enlightenment

• an agreement for governing the colony of Plymouth

The Magna Carta made it illegal for the king to tax nobles without their permission.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The English Bill of Rights of 1679 influenced the ideas about the rights of citizens and limited the power of the monarch.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Enlightenment applied to the laws that ruled nature to people and society and encouraged people to question political authority.

• TRUE

• FALSE

According to John Locke, which agreement did individuals enter into to form their own society?

• constitution

• social contract

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

According to John Locke, which rights were guaranteed by natural law?

• life, liberty, and property

• freedom of speech and of the press

• trial by jury and no cruel punishments

• freedom of worship and the right to petition