America's Foundation

The first colonial legislative assembly; that set precedent for self-government.

• Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly
• New York Assembly
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Massachusetts General Court

Agreement for self-government among the Plymouth Colony settlers.

• Mayflower Agreement
• Mayflower Compact
• Thanksgiving Treaty
• Pilgrim Pact

Document limiting the English monarch's power; influenced later constitutional developments

• Declaration of Independence
• Bill of Rights
• Magna Carta
• Emancipation Proclamation

Document that limited the power of the monarchy and affirmed the rights of Parliament.

• Magna Carta
• Treaty of Versailles
• Declaration of Independence
• Bill of Rights

Economic policy where a nation's wealth is measured by its gold reserves.

• Mercatilism

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Communism

How do citizens determine which freedoms to give up in exchange for protection and the preservation of their natural rights?

How are legitimate governments created according to Locke's theory?

• Through the acknowledgment of natural rights such as life, liberty, and property.

• Through military force and conquest.

• Through religious decree.

• Through economic dominance.

Legitimate governments are formed when individuals recognize their natural rights, consent to be governed, and enter into a social contract with the governing ___.

What does Locke's Social Contract Theory suggest?

• An explicit agreement between people and the government

• An implicit agreement between people and the government

• A contractual agreement between individuals

• A binding agreement between nations

According to Locke's theory, what must governments have to be considered legitimate?

• Approval from neighboring countries

• Approval from the military

• Approval from the church

• Consent of the governed