Constitutional Principles & Thinkers

Locke believed that people enjoyed certain basic rights under natural law: 

• life, liberty, and property
• life, liberty, and the pursuit of hapinness 
• life, liberty, and privacy
• life, liberty, and people

If the king breaks his promise to respect the rights of his individual subjects 

• they have the right to rename the country 
• they have the right to become king 
• they have the right to leave the country
• they have the right to rebel against his authority

 Montesquieu believed in 

• Life, Liberty and Property
• Checks and Balances 
• Separation of Powers
• Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

 Montesquieu believed that by dividing the powers of government no one branch would become too strong and threaten people’s rights.

• True 
• False 

Which enlightenment thinker believed that a government is needed to keep order?

• Voltaire
• Hobbes
• Rousseau
• Beccaria

Thomas Hobbes believed that all humans are _______________.

• pure and innocent
• selfish and wicked

A "Social Contract" is an agreement between a ruler and who?

• Monarchy

• Dictator

• Citizens

• Aliens

John Locke believed these people had these type of right?

• No Rights

• Freedom Rights

• Natural Rights

• Unnatural Rights

Voltaire was a big believer in which of the following?

• Freedom of Speech
• People are born wicked
• People are born free and equal
• The social contract

Your Natural Rights include: Life, Liberty, and ...

• the Pursuit of Happiness
• Property
• Slaves
• Money