Age of Enlightenment

What does the term "consent of the governed" refer to?

• The idea that governments get their authority from the will of the people

• The requirement for citizens to obey all laws without question

• The concept that only the wealthy should have a say in government

Which individual states the people surrender their rights for protection but if government does not protect the people, the people may break the contract?

• Thomas Hobbes

• Robert Livingston

• John Locke

• Thomas Jefferson

This was a period of time when European thinkers started to re-think the relationship between the government and the people, including peoples’ basic rights and the level of control they should have over their government and their futures.

• The Enlightenment

• The Middle Ages

• The Renaissance

• The Classical Age

Many Enlightenment thinkers believed in THIS- the idea that a country’s leader should be chosen by the citizens in a general election (although this may not mean all citizens).

• Monarchy

• Republicanism

• Communism

• Dictatorship

What did John Locke believe people are born with?

• blank slate

• complete knowledge

• pre-determined skills

• wealth

According to Locke, what are the natural rights that human beings share?

• Education, health, and wealth

• Life, liberty, and property

• Freedom, happiness, and success

• Power, influence, and control

Locke's influence can be seen in the Declaration of Independence, especially when HE writes: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..."

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• Abraham Lincoln

In his book Leviathan, HE states that people should agree to give up some rights and power in exchange for protection from the government (monarchy). Once people agreed to this, they lost the right to overthrow, replace, or even question the government.

• Thomas Hobbes 
•  Voltaire

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A state of nature is defined as______________________.

• 
  the condition of people living in a situation without a government, rules, or laws

• a right to life, liberty, property, and the freedom to find happiness

• the idea that if a government failed, then citizens would no longer agree to be governed and they would have the right to revolt

Review: What is a form of government in which citizens are able to vote for officials that represent their beliefs?

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Anarchy

• Dictatorship