Why Government by Locke & Hobbes

What is the "State of Nature" according to Hobbes?

• Agreement between people and their government
• Everyone had a right to everything
• People are born with a tabula rasa - blank slate
• Life, Liberty and Property

What are Natural Rights?

• Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
• Life, liberty and property
• Tabula rasa - born with a mind like a blank slate
• Protection from the Government

A social contract according to Locke - states that people give up ___________ freedoms, in exchange for protection.

• all
• some
• most 
• two

Which person believed in a strong central authority was the only way to avoid the evil of war.

• Hobbes 
• Locke

If the government fails to deliver according to Locke the people can _______. 

• People can not question the government
• People can do what they want 
• People can revolt
• People have no say 

According to Hobbes, people agreed to give up some __________________ in exchange for __________________ as part of the social contract.

• rights and power / protection
• food and shelter / weapons
• security and protection / freedom
• money / goods and services

John Locke's thinking influenced what American founder?

• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• Alexander Hamilton
• Thomas Jefferson

According to Locke, all humans share a set of __________.

•  internal organs
• natural rights
• hopes and dreams
• traits and motivations