Unit 1 Review 1

Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

Which Enlightenment philosopher argued that people have the right to abolish their government and create a new one?

• Montesquire
• Locke
• Voltaire
• Rousseau

The rights of life, liberty, and property are called:

• Unalienable Rights

• Essential Rights

• Natural Rights

• Original Rights

Locke believed that a government's power came from its ___________________.

• A. army
• B. power
• C. people
• D. science

. . . reason, which is that law teaches all mankind, who would but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.

John Locke, Two Treatises on Civil Government, 1689

Which concept of the Enlightenment would the passage most likely support?

• Truth can be discovered through reasoning and logic.

• Humankind can and should improve over time.

• People have a right to equality and freedom.

• What is natural is also reasonable.

In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represented

• colonial attempts to build a strong national government
• efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies
• steps in the growth of representative democracy
• early social reform movements

The Mayflower Compact of 1620 is considered an important step in the development of democracy in America because it

• expressed the importance of self-government
• established freedom of religion
• created the first colonial judicial system
• granted all males the right to vote

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

• (1) Early Colonial Documents

• (2) Limits on Representative Government

• (3) Contributions of the Enlightenment

• (4) Foundations of American Democracy

South Carolina was created to

• Explore

• Grant religious freedoms

• Make a profit

• Vacation