Unit 1 - Ch 1 & 2

Which document first declared that even a monarch must obey the law of the land

• Petition of Rights

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• U.S. Constitution

Signed by William & Mary of Orange, talks about basic human rights

• Magna Carta

• U.S. Constitution

• English Bill of Rights

• Petition of Rights

What agreement bonded the pilgrims?

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• The Mayflower Compact

• Napoleonic Code

• Declaration of Independence

Under this document, the English monarch could not interfere with Parliamentary elections, impose taxes without Parliament's consent. It also granted citizens the right to a speedy trial, forbade cruel & unusual punishment, and granted citizens with the right to petition the government

• Magna Carta

• Petition of Rights

• U.S. Constitution

• English Bill of Rights

According to Hobbes and his social contract theory, people retained the right to question, overthrow, or replace their government

• True

• False

John Locke’s theories can be seen as an influence on which American founder?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• Benjamin Franklin

For both Hobbes & Locke, the social contract is an agreement between __ - citizens & the government

• plaintiff & defendant

• citizens & the government

• companies & shareholders

• Sovereign states

Locke’s inalienable rights includes

• Life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness

• Life, freedom of religion, & freedom from strife

• Life, liberty, & property

• Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, & the freedom to bear arms

___ believed in the separation of powers in the government

• Montesquieu

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Paine

Which pamphlet encouraged colonists to declare their independence from Great Britain?

• Leviathan

• Magna Carta

• Federalist Papers 10

• Commn Sense