Roots of American Democracy

What is the term for the hypothetical agreement between a citizenry and its government whereby the individual exchanges freedoms for protection?

• social contract

• liberty agreement

• Bill of Rights

• freedom compact

According to Rousseau, who should have sovereignty?

• The people

• The king

• The aristocracy

• None of the above

Which Enlightenment thinker is credited with having first posited the “natural” rights of life, liberty, and property?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Locke

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

What form of government transmits authority according to the rules of family lines?

• Monarchy

• Communism

• Democracy

• Anarchy

For Rousseau, the first model of political society was based on the most ancient of all societies, which is...

• The village

• The family

• The tribe

• None of the above

What is a common motivation for the creation and ratification of a constitution?

• To formally map out the power structures of the government

• To establish the basic rule of law

• To provide a framework for law enforcement

• All of the above

How did the British government rule in its North American colonies?

• Parliament passed laws to control trade

• Parliament appointed governors.

• British military personnel were quartered in the Thirteen Colonies.

• All of the above

What form of government is controlled by a single ruler who assumes total control, often by force?

• Republic

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Parliament

How did colonists resist British (mis)rule?

• Boycotts of British goods

• Written protests

• Willful disobedience of British laws

• All of the above

If the government breaks its side of the social contract, the people have the right to establish a new form of government.

• True

• False