World Civ Qtr 1

By 1689, the Glorious Revolution guaranteed that England's system of government has become:

• an absolute monarchy

• a military takeover

• a constitutional monarchy

The Magna Carta is celebrated as a document that;

• increase the king's power

• Splits government into separate branches

• protects individual rights

Thomas Hobbs believed that:

• kings need complete control

• people should have freedom of speech

• people should have natural rights

John Locke maintained that people were born with natural rights, which include all of the following: CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY

• life

• liberity

• privacy

John Locke argued that people:

• are by nature selfish

• have the right to rebel against a bad government

• are better off when they allow themselves to be ruled by a king

Montesquieu developed which of the following ideas:

• freedom of speech

• separation of powers

• religious freedom

Rousseau believed that the only good government was one that:

• was freely formed by the people. (general will)

• needs one absolute ruler

• the right of the individual are limited

The Enlightenment idea of a social contract was an agreement between:

• a people and its government

• God and people

• each individual in society

John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau would be most likely to support:

• the right for citizens to decide the best form of government

• a government completely ruled by a king

• a government ruled by the Catholic Church

Which of the following ideas did Voltaire fight for? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY:

• women's rights

• freedom of speech

• tolerance (religious freedom)