Constitution: 7 ideas, 4 philosophers

What ancient nation-state was an influencer on the Founders in regard to justice (10 commandments), stressing that people should seek to create a just society based on respect for the law?

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Buddhism

• Taoism

What English event occurred in 1215 and made it clear that all people, including the monarch, were subject to the rule of law?

• parliamentary rule

• the Magna Carta

• the Declaration of Independence

• the War of the Roses

What philosopher created the social contract theory, but felt people were too selfish to govern themselves and needed a ruler to protect them?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu

This was the belief that there exists, beyond the framework of human laws, a universal set of moral principles that can be applied to any culture or system of justice. All are equal under God.

• Islam

• Christianity

• Parliament

• Hammurabi's Code

reaffirmed the principle of individual rights such as guaranteed to British subjects the right to petition the king, the right to bear arms, and freedom from cruel and unusual punishment.

• English Bill of Rights

• Parliament

• Magna Carta

• charter

French philosopher who proposed a three-branch system of government—executive, legislative, and judicial— with separate functions for each branch. I

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu

the idea of representative government, or decision making by officials elected from the citizenry came from this ancient civilization.

• Roman Republic

• Ancient Greece

• Judaism

• Egypt

English governmental body that limited the king's power through the passing of the Petition of Rights in 1628.

• Congress

• Parliament

• Senate

English philosopher who added to the social contract theory: If a ruler failed to protect the people's life, liberty, and property, then the people had a right to overthrow that ruler and establish a new government.

• John Locke

• Charles-Louis de Secondat

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

From this ancient city-state came the tradition of direct democracy, or decision making by all citizens. New England used this for town halls.

• Rome

• Athens

• London

• Sumer