Enlightenment Influence on the American Government

Locke argued that we had 3 main natural rights. What are they? (Select 3)

• Life

• Liberty

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Property

According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?

• Overthrow the government

• Petition the government for their rights

• Nothing, the people don't have rights

Which American Founding Father did John Locke influence the most?

• Ben Franklin

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Hobbes' book was called...

• Qur'an

• Leviathan

• Odyssey

• Don Quixote

People give up some portion of their freedom in exchange for ____, according to Thomas Hobbes.

• legitimacy

• security

• oligarchy

• better schools

What did Rousseau claim to be true?

• All men are born equal
• Music is the answer to everything
• Kids only cause problems
• The taller you are the smarter you become

Rousseau created the idea of the ______ contract.

• social
• legal

• military

• royal

According to Montesquieu, what is the main purpose of government?

• to maintain law and order, political liberty, and the property of the individual

• to build a wall

• to create laws that everyone agree on

• to open Chic Fil A on Sundays

What is a social contract?

• an agreement among the members of a society

• book written by Montesquieu

• Taylor Swift's next album title

• test given to citizens every two years

To him, what was the best form of government?

• where each powers (legislative, executive, and judicial) were separate and kept each other in check to prevent any branch from becoming too powerful

• democracy

• absolute monarchy

• every man for himself