Unit 2 Philosophers and Philosophies Study Guide

Which philosopher believed that a ruler with absolute power was best

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Charles Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

This man wrote the original draft of the Declaration of Independence.

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Samuel Adams

In The Spirit of Laws, ___ wrote that government’s powers should be separated into different branches

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

This book by Thomas Hobbes in which he expresses his ideas on government.

• Leviathan

• Checks & Balances

• English Bill of Rights

• Social Contract

The rights of "life, liberty, and property" that John Locke argued for was called?

• Social Contract

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freddom

• Natural Laws

An agreement by which people give up some freedom for an organized society.

• English Bill of Rights

• Checks & Balances

• Social Contract

• Virginia Declaration of Independence

In history, the Magna Carta (1215) and English Bill of Rights (1689) both reinforced the concept of

• Universal suffrage.

• limited government.

• religious toleration.

• a laissez-faire economy.

The Pilgrims created the Mayflower Compact in order to-

• establish an orderly community

• 
  show that they opposed representative

  government

• reinforce the laws of England in the new colony

• guarantee universal religious tolerance in the colony

One of the main ideas to come from the Magna Carta was......

• That the king had to obey the same laws as the people

• The rulers were given their power by God

• That the English people had freedom of religion

• That the king was the only one to hold power

No one is above the law is also known as

• Rule of Law

• Individual Worth

• Necessary Gov't Overthrow

• Popular Sovereighty