SSCG2

What forced King John of England to grant rights to the nobility, respect the rights of his subjects, and accept limitations to his powers as king?

• The Magna Carta

• The Writ of Habeas Corpus

• he Statement of Liberties

• The English Bill of Rights

Which of these was a major philosophy expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• support for states' rights and slavery

• a belief in the natural rights of citizens

• the need for a federal system of government

• a belief in the benefits of a laissez-faire economy

Montesquieu is credited with devising the basic Constitutional principle of

• natural rights

• popular sovereignty.

• separation and balance of governmental power.

• government was created by man for his own purposes

XIX. NO Freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his Freehold, or Liberties, or free Customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or any other wise destroyed; nor will We not pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the Land. We will sell to no man, we will not deny or defer to any man either Justice or Right. The Magna Carta, 1215

Article 29 of the Magna Carta establishes the concept of

• freedom of speech.

• due process of law

• freedom of religion

• freedom of petition.

 ________, was written in 1651 by Thomas Hobbes, and established the foundation for most of western political philosophy.  The book title refers to the powerful state created to impose order

• Leviathan
• Two Treatises of Government
• Declaration of Independence
• The Social Contract

__________ believed that direct democracy, with the citizens being the sovereign, was the best form of government.   He did not agree with the idea of a representative government.

• Rousseau
• Hobbes
• Locke
• Montesquieu

He believed that a king was the best form of sovereignty, and once the people gave absolute power to the king, they had no right to revolt against him. 

• Hobbes
• Locke
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu

According to John Locke, if the government failed to protect natural rights, what did citizens have a right to do?

• To divide the government into three separate parts

• To create a direct democracy and allow individuals to govern

• To overthrow the government and establish a new one

This document established that there should be no taxation of the people without the representation of parliament and reinforced earlier laws set forth in previous documents.

• English Bill of Rights

• Petition of Rights

• Magna Carta

• The Ten Commandments

King Charles made a deal to sign this document if Parliament agreed to give him money for war. This document established the principle of Rule of Law that would give citizens rights that not even the government could take away.

• Magna Carta

• Petition of Rights

• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence