week 1 government

John Locke helped to create which contract theory?

• Society of the Banana contract Thoery

• Social Contract Theory

• Natural Contract Theory

• Rights Contract Theory

Thomas Jefferson used John Locke's natural rights in which famous U.S. document?

• U.S. constitution

• Declaration of independence

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

According to John Locke, why are governments created?

• God gives monarchs a divine right to rule over their people
• People are naturally selfish and need a strong ruler to create order
• People set up governments to protect their lives and property
• Civil government must be established to offset the power of the church

Read the following excerpt and answer the question below.

. . . to secure these rights,

Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the

consent of the governed, —That whenever any Form of Government becomes

destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to

abolish it, and to institute new Government.

-Declaration of Independence

Which Enlightenment principle most influenced the ideas in this excerpt?

• John Locke's idea of the social contract

• Thomas Hobbes’s idea of natural equality

• Montesquieu’s idea of separation of powers

• Voltaire’s idea of the importance of toleration

This is the idea that “the people” give the government power to protect their natural rights and must live by the rules?

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Social Contract

• Rule of Law

This group supported the Constitution as it was written.

• Federalists

• Antifederalists

This group wanted a Bill of Rights added to protect the rights of the people

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

This group supported strong central (national) government

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

This group supported stronger state governments

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

Who said this quote - “When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”

• A Federalist

• An Anti-Federalist