Influences on Our Founding Fathers

Which would not be found on the colonial bookshelf of a colonial Founding Father?

• War and Peace

• Cato's Letters

• Common Sense

• Magna Carta

This Big Idea, outlined in the unit Colonial Influences, says that people must follow the laws, and the laws should be enforced fairly.

• Due Process

• Self Government

• Rule of Law

• Limited Government

This BIG IDEA, outlined in the Colonial Influences unit, says that people have the right to fair and reasonable laws. Officials have to follow rules when enforcing laws and need to treat all people in the same way.

• Due Process

• Rule of Law

• Self Government

• Limited Government

This BIG IDEA, outlined in the Colonial Influences unit, says a government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement is called.

• Rights

• Rule of Law

• Limited Government

• Self Government

According to John Locke...a social contract is an _________ that individuals go into to form their own _________.

• AGREEMENT, SOCIETY

• GAME, SOCIETY

• AGREEMENT, SCHOOL

• DEAL, CLUB

Baron de Montesquieu introduced the idea of:

• Natural Rights

• Slavery

• Separation of Powers

• Credit

"Life, Liberty and Property"

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• John Jefferson

• Thomas Jefferson

Which philosopher's ideas about the separation of powers influenced the Founding Fathers?

• A) John Locke

• B) Thomas Hobbes

• C) Baron de Montesquieu

• D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Which document, signed in 1215, influenced the Founding Fathers' ideas about limiting government power?

• A) The Magna Carta

• B) The English Bill of Rights

• C) The Mayflower Compact

• D) The Federalist Papers

Which Enlightenment thinker is known for the concept of 'natural rights' that influenced the Founding Fathers?

• A) Voltaire

• B) John Locke

• C) Thomas Paine

• D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau