Government - Founding Philosophies

Which philosopher is this?

People are born with natural rights to life, liberty, & property. The purpose of government is to protect their natural rights. If your government does not protect your rights, you have the right to replace it.

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

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Which philosopher is this?

Government needs to have separate but equal branches so that power can be balanced and no one branch will become too powerful.

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

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Which philosopher is this?

Life in the state of nature would be nasty, brutish and short. He believed that people need a strong ruler to keep the peace and keep people safe.

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

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Which philosopher would agree with this?

Governments are formed to protect people. People give up any individual rights in exchange for this protection.

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Hobbes

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Which person is this?

He worked to organize English Common Law.

• Mason

• Jefferson

• Franklin

• Blackstone

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Which person is this?

He was a large plantation owner. He wrote the Virginia Compact. He believed that slavery was harmful to

America in the long term, even though he was a slave owner himself.

• Mason

• Jefferson

• Franklin

• Madison

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Which person is this?

He wrote the Declaration of Independence and made the Louisiana Purchase.

• Mason

• Jefferson

• Franklin

• Madison

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Which person is this?

He was an important American statesman. He helped write many of America's founding documents. He owned a printing company in Philadelphia.

• Mason

• Jefferson

• Franklin

• Madison

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This document, signed by King John in 1215, was the first ever limitation on the power of an English monarch.

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• English Common Law

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This document, signed by William and Mary in 1688, is important because it officially gave the English Parliament more power than the king.

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• English Common Law

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