Civics EOC Category 1

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Which Enlightenment thinker argued that all people were born equal and had natural rights to life, liberty, and property?

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John Locke

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

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Social Contract

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Montesquieu is most known for his ideas on?

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Separation of Powers

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A pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonists to support becoming independent from England.

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Common Sense

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A government document that limited the power of the king of England and protected the rights of the nobility: written by English Nobles in 1215.

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Magna Carta

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The idea that people have the rights to fair and reasonable laws, and that the government leaders and officials have to follow rules when enforcing laws and treat all people in the same way

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Due Process

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What was the significance of the stamp on the newspaper?

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It represented the colonists' opposition to English tax policies.

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Why did Parliament eventually repeal the Stamp Act? Options: The colonists established a blockade against British goods, The colonists started buying British goods, The colonists were able to produce their own goods, The colonists began boycotting British goods.

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The colonists began boycotting British goods.

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." Which document contains this passage?

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Declaration of Independence

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The List of Grievances is the part of the Declaration that

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detailed the colonists' complaints with King George.