WTP Unit 1 Lesson 2 Why the Founders Believed They Needed a Gov.

Why did the Founders believe that people needed a government?

• To create a social contract

• To ensure every person had rights like living without fear, freedom, and owning land

• To make life more difficult

• To take things away from weak people

What book influenced many Founders in early America?

• A book by a man named Thomas Jefferson

• A book by a man named John Locke

• A book by a man named George Washington

• A book by a man named Benjamin Franklin

What did John Locke suggest to protect people's rights?

• A social contract

• A new form of currency

• A military alliance

• A religious movement

What would people have to give up and receive in return according to the social contract suggested by John Locke?

• Give up money and receive protection

• Give up land and receive freedom

• Give up freedom and receive laws and safety

• Give up safety and receive laws

What are Founders?

• The first settlers of America

• The leaders in early America who helped form the country and create laws

• The authors of the Declaration of Independence

• The first presidents of the United States

Who are the Founders?

• Tribes of Indians who protect their land

• Early American leaders who helped create our laws

• A group of inventors

• The first settlers of America

Name one right the Founders thought all people should have?

• The right to own land

• The right to make a ladder

• The right to freedom of speech

• The right to travel freely

Who wrote a book to help the Founders understand what it would be like to live in a place without laws?

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Locke

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

What is a social contract?

• When people agree about how their government should be set up

• A paper that gets printed from a computer

• An agreement between citizens and their ruler

• A document outlining the laws of a country