Influences on Government

How many types of Government are there?

• 2

• 5

• 1

• 4

According to John Locke, which of the following rights were guaranteed by natural rights?

• Trial by jury and no cruel punishments

• Life, liberty, and property

• Freedom of speech and assembly

• Freedom of religion and the right to petition

This is a concept that the government should serve the will of the people through a small group of elected officials.

• ordered government

• limited government

• representative government

• authoritarian government

This concept states that government is not all powerful and is restricted in what it can and cannot do.

• ordered government

• limited government

• representative government

• authoritarian government

This is the idea that no one is above the law

• rule of law

• due process

• self government

• Magna Carta

The condition of people living in a situation without man-made government, rules, or laws.

• State of Nature

• Social Contract

English scholar and philosopher who introduced the concept of the state of nature and the social contract. He believed a strong central government was necessary to protect people.

• Thomas Hobbes

• Baron de Montesquieu

The arrangement where people agree to give up certain rights and freedoms for government protection.

• Social Contract

• Majority Rule

Which Enlightenment thinker argued that all people were born equal and had natural rights to life, liberty, and property?

• Thomas Paine
• Baron de Montesquieu
• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke

What are natural rights?

• agreements among people relating to their government
• freedoms people possess such as life, liberty and property
• ideas about freedoms that were first discussed in the American colonies
• rights reserved only for kings and queens