Foundations of American Government

Document signed by Charles I of England that limited the powers of the English monarch.

• Petition of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Rights of Man

• Constitution

Book written by Thomas Hobbes where he gives his ideas about government.

• Petition of Rights

• Tom Sawyer

• Leviathan

• Government and Laws

An agreement where people give up rights for protection.

• Force

• Social Contract

• Checks and Balances

• Utopia

The rights of “life, liberty, and property” that John Locke argued for.

• Natural Rights

• Governmental Rights

• Biblical Rights

• Birth Rights

Montesquieu’s plan to keep branches of the government apart so one branch from becoming too powerful.

• Separation of Power

• Checks and Balances

• Government Dissection

• Organized Government

In Ancient Greece, Athens had the first ___ which greatly influenced the US government.

• Republic

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

The first Constitutional Monarchy was setup by who?

• William & Mary

• Oliver Cromwell

• James II

• Elizabeth

Which enlightenment thinker believed that a strong government is needed to keep order?

• Voltaire

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean Jacque Roussea

• Baron de Montesquie

Who was an advocate for women’s rights during the Enlightenment?

• Voltaire

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Mother Theresa

• Thomas Hobbes

The idea that newspapers should be able to print the truth and should not be controlled by government is known as?

• Freedom of News

• Freedom of Ideas

• Freedom of Speech

• Freedom of the Press