Civics

According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?

• Abolish the government

• Beg the government for more rights

• Nothing, the people don't have rights

What is a social contract?

• an agreement between government and the people

• book written by Montesquieu

• Bad Bunny's next album title

• test given to citizens every two years

What did the Magna Carta do?

• Gave more power to the King
• Limited the power of the King
• Got rid of the Feudal System in England
• Gave more power to the Common People

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Where do natural rights come from?

• Granted by a sovereign.

• People are born with them.

• Granted by the Church.

In what form of government do the people rule?

• democracy

• monarchy

• anarchy

An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection

• Philosophers
• Democracy
• Social Contract
• Divine Right of Kings

Angry about a tax on tea, the colonists decided to

• throw the tea into the harbor

• drink the tea

• pay for the tea

• send the tea back to England

In order to pay the war debt, what did the British Parliament make the colonists pay?

• Taxes

• Fees

• Gold and Spices

Who was the King during the American Revolution?

• King Arthur

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• King George III

• King Charles

According to the Declaration of Independence, what truth was "self-evident"?

• All men are created equal
• Rights are given by good kings
• Government exists to protect us from ourselves
• Only a democracy can protect our rights

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