Enlightenment/Forms of Government

Locke argued that we had 3 main natural rights. What are they? (Select 3)

• Life

• Liberty

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Property

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

• Overthrow the government

• Petition the government for their rights

• Nothing, the people don't have rights

Which American Founding Father did John Locke influence the most?

• Ben Franklin

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

People give up some portion of their freedom in exchange for ____, according to Thomas Hobbes.

• legitimacy

• security

• oligarchy

• better schools

What is a social contract?

• an agreement among the members of a society

• book written by Montesquieu

• Taylor Swift's next album title

• test given to citizens every two years

Time period in Europe during the 17th & 18th Centuries when Philosophers began applying the concept of reason to the political environment and challenged absolutism (unlimited government).

• Scientific Revolution

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment

• Middle Ages

An Unlimited Government where the king or queen have unlimited power

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

Philosopher who believed in natural rights and a social contract in order to have government. Believed the job of government was to protect peoples’ natural rights.

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

Locke's natural rights. Everyone is born with these.

• Life, liberty, property

• Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

• money, cars, houses

• work, religion, freedom

Philosopher who believed that government should have separation of powers and checks and balances.

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Voltaire