Standard 1 Quiz

First Name

Last Name

He came up with the idea of the separation of powers in government

• JOHN LOCKE
• THOMAS HOBBES
• BARON DE MONTESQUIEU
• KING JOHN

A contract signed by colonists agreeing to follow laws and govern by mutual consent

• ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS
• MAYFLOWER COMPACT
• CATOS LETTERS
• DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

He believed that all men have a right to life, liberty and property. Jefferson used his ideas in the Declaration of independence.

• JOHN LOCKE
• BARON DE MONTESQUIEU
• THOMAS HOBBES
• THOMAS PAINE

Stated that an oppressed country has the right and responsibility to overthrow a tyrannical government

• MAGNA CARTA
• DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
• ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS
• JOHN LOCKE

He believed that the separate powers in government must all be equal.

• JOHN LOCKE
• THOMAS PAINE
• THOMAS HOBBES
• BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

The King cannot suspend laws without the consent of Parliament. The King cannot raise money without the consent of Parliament. The King cannot prosecute people for petitioning him.The King cannot raise a standing army in time of peace without the consent of Parliament.

• MAGNA CARTA
• COMMON SENSE
• ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS
• THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT

Protected the rights of ordinary people in England

• MAGNA CARTA
• COMMON SENSE
• MAYFLOWER COMPACT
• DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Believed that a government could only be valid if there is a social contract between the government and the people where the people give up some freedoms for the protection of the government

• BARON DE MONTESQUIEU
• THOMAS PAINE
• THOMAS HOBBES
• JOHN LOCKE