Government SSCG12

John Locke gave Thomas Jefferson the most influence when writing about the natural rights of man. Locke's "unalienable rights" were specifically mentioned in what document by Thomas Jefferson?

• the Bill of Rights

• the Mayflower Compact

• the Preamble to the Constitution

• the Declaration of Independence

According to John Locke, if the government failed to protect natural rights, what did citizens have a right to do?

• To divide the government into three separate parts

• To create a direct democracy and allow individuals to govern

• To overthrow the government and establish a new one

__________ believed that direct democracy, with the citizens being the sovereign, was the best form of government. He did not agree with the idea of a representative government.

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Montesquieu

Thomas Hobbes believed that a king was the best form of sovereignty, and once the people gave absolute power to the king, they had no right to revolt against him. His idea best represents what form of government?

• Absolute Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Oligarchy

Thomas Hobbes believed in one ruler because he said people were naturally ____________.

• Brutish and Selfish

• Good

• Obedient

• Rich and Wealthy

This philosopher believed that people had the right to "life, liberty and property" 

• Locke 
• Hobbes 
• Rousseau 
• Montesquieu

I believe in separation of powers. The legislative, judicial and executive branches of government should all be separate.

• Baron de Montesquieu
• Jean Jacques Rousseau
• Thomas Jefferson
• Plato

The document signed by King John was the first to limit the power of the King and was also known as The Great Charter.

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Petition of Rights

• The Bill of Rights

King Charles made a deal to sign this document if Parliament agreed to give him money for war. This document established the principle of Rule of Law that would give citizens rights that not even the government could take away.

• Magna Carta

• Petition of Rights

• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

This document established that there should be no taxation of the people without the representation of parliament and reinforced earlier laws set forth in previous documents.

• English Bill of Rights

• Petition of Rights

• Magna Carta

• The Ten Commandments