SS.7.CG.1.3 & 1.4 Quiz

A philosophical movement which started in Europe in the 1700's and spread to the colonies. It emphasized reason and the scientific method. Writers of the enlightenment tended to focus on government, ethics, and science, rather than on imagination, emotions, or religion. These thinkers focused on the relationship between government and the people being governed.

• Enlightenment
• Social Contract
• Rule of Law
• Founding Fathers

the idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property

• Social Contract
• Natural Rights
• Rule of Law
• Common Sense

laws that govern human nature & are created to protect rights like life, liberty, and property.

• Judicial Branch
• Due Process
• Montesquieu
• Natural Laws

1776 statement, issued by the Second Continental Congress, explaining why the colonies wanted independence from Britain.

• Declaration of Independence
• Separation of Powers
• Social Contract
• English Bill of Rights

the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government

• consent of the governed
• Rule of Law
• Self-government
• Separation of Powers

A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power

• Rule of Law
• Social Contract
• Checks and Balances
• Thomas Paine

A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules.

• Magna Carta
• Social Contract
• Mayflower Compact
• trial by jury

A written plan of government

• Due Process
• Enlightenment
• Constitution
• trial by jury

1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.

• Natural Laws
• John Locke
• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact

a system of government in which people make their own laws. The Pilgrims established this idea in their written document, the Mayflower Compact

• Limited Government
• Mayflower Compact
• Self-government
• Constitution