Civics Unit 2 Study Guide

John Locke's views on citizens

• · It was hard for the Continental Congress to pass laws because it required the votes of all of the 13 states
• · Taxation without representation
• He believed that if a ruler failed to protect those rights then the people could choose another leader.
• · Government gets power from consent of the governed

Thomas Hobbes's views on citizens

• · Each state was allowed to print their own currency (money)
• · Government gets power from consent of the governed
• A legal contract in which they agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good
• He believed that people need strong rulers because people could not rule themselves.

John Locke's natural rights

• · All Men are created Equal
• · When government threatens peoples' natural rights then the people can abolish it and create a new government.
• · The king not allowing the colonists to have a say in National Government
• People are born with God-given rights to life, liberty and to own property.

Montesquieu's belief on government

• He believed that government should be divided into separate branches so that one would not become more powerful than the other.
• · Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
• · Stamp Act- Taxes on all paper created in the colonies
• A document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges

Enlightenment's effects on U.S. government

• People are born with God-given rights to life, liberty and to own property.
• They can be seen in how our government protects the rights of citizens and has set up the three branches of government.
• · Taxation without representation
• · Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

English Bill of Rights

• · Each state was allowed to print their own currency (money)
• They can be seen in how our government protects the rights of citizens and has set up the three branches of government.
• · Taxation without representation
• English citizens had rights that no king could take away and the king was limited in power and had to be checked by Parliament

Magna Carta

• People are born with God-given rights to life, liberty and to own property.
• A document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges
• A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation
• · Stamp Act- Taxes on all paper created in the colonies

Common Sense

• A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation
• · When government threatens peoples' natural rights then the people can abolish it and create a new government.
• · The national government did not have a federal court system
• · Stamp Act- Taxes on all paper created in the colonies

Mayflower Compact

• · Taxation without representation
• A legal contract in which they agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good
• He believed that government should be divided into separate branches so that one would not become more powerful than the other.
• · All Men are created Equal

Boston Tea Party causes

• · Quartering Act- Citizens having to house troops in their homes.
• English citizens had rights that no king could take away and the king was limited in power and had to be checked by Parliament
• A legal contract in which they agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good
• Unfair taxes on goods