Constitutional Influencers

How did the Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, and the English Bill of Rights impact the power of the English kings?

• Increased the power of the Kings

• Limited the power of the Kings

• Gave power the the Colonists in America

• Established the constitution and three branches of government in England

What caused the American colonists write the Declaration of Independence to Great Britain?

• The colonists wanted were united under a dictator who wanted to seize power from the King

• The colonists did not want to end slavery

• The belief that the English King was ruling badly and unfairly taking away the natural rights of the colonists

• The colonists wanted to create a system of government that included the three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial

Which John Locke quote influenced the Declaration of Independence the most?

• Locke believed in certain "inalienable" natural rights. This included the right to "life, liberty, and property"

• "The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property"

• "The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure"

• "The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom"

True or False: The Declaration of Independence protested the King’s refusal to pass laws that were needed for the good of the people (public good)

• True

• False

What is the social contract theory?

• People are social animals that require complex societies to function in an orderly manner

• People agreed to a government of the people, by the people, and for the people

• People surrendered their freedom to the government and in return received order and security

• A dictator is needed to control humanity because mankind is wild and cruel

Which idea by John Locke inspired Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence?

• That humans are naturally selfish and wicked

• That humans were basically reasonable and moral

• That society needs a government with three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial

• If a government is not doing its job then the people have the right to revolt

What did Hobbes believe the solution was to control chaos of society?

• Absolute monarchy

• Direct democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Oligarchy

True or False: John Locke believed that natural rights needed to given up by the people in order for an orderly government to form

• True

• False

According the Locke and Rousseau, who gives people their natural rights in the social contract theory?

• The government

• The people

• Our creator-people are born with natural rights

• People have no natural rights

How did Montesquieu ​influence the creation of the constitution?

• The need for a direct democracy over a representative democracy

• That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

• Believed in the balance and separation of powers of a 3 branches gov

• The idea of a confederal system for the Articles of Confederation