Limited Government and Natural Rights

The Englishman who conceived, or developed, natural rights was:

• Cesare Beccaria

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

Which of the following options best describes natural rights?

• Rights, freedoms, and privileges guaranteed by nature of existence and being born.

• Rights, freedoms, and privileges granted by a member of a religious organization.

• Rights, freedoms, and privileges that were earned by reaching age 18.

• Rights, freedoms, and privileges that were paid for by taxes.

What was the time period in European history during which people began to question the way governments treated those living under their control?

• Renaissance

• Reformation

• Enlightenment

• Revolution

Unalienable

• a government that is justified by people's consent

• cannot be taken away

• life, liberty, and property

republic

• first time the monarch agreed to limit it's power

• people make decisions, ballot questions, town meeting and wide participation in voting

• elected representatives, no monarch, devoted to public good

democracy

• people make decisions, ballot questions, town meeting and wide participation in voting

• best for the community as a whole

• a government that is justified by people's consent

• a system where different branches of government can limit each other's powers- this prevents each branch from gaining too much power

Who was John Locke?

• Italian diplomat, politician

• English philosopher and physician

• Italian polymath

What do Americans value as the basic individual or natural rights?

• Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

• Personal safety and security

• Owning property and voting

• Freedom, education, separation

A government facing protests and demonstrations that are supported by most of its citizens and spread across its territory has lost

• individual rights

• rule of law

• consent of the governed

• limited government

The Constitution divides the U.S. government into three branches that can each stop, or check, actions of the other branches. This division of power is a result of the principle of

• rule of law

• individual rights

• representative government

• limited government