Enlightenment Thinkers

A social contract is 

• is for the king to form a community to protect themselves.
• is for the people in a community to protect themselves.
• is an agreement between the people and the king in order to share power
• is an agreement between the people and the king in order to share power

Locke believed that people enjoyed certain basic rights under natural law: 

• life, liberty, and property
• life, liberty, and the pursuit of hapinness 
• life, liberty, and privacy
• life, liberty, and people

If the king breaks his promise to respect the rights of his individual subjects 

• they have the right to rename the country 
• they have the right to become king 
• they have the right to leave the country
• they have the right to rebel against his authority

As part of Locke’s social contract, the community gives its powers to a ruler, who it promises to obey.

• True 
• False 

 Montesquieu believed in 

• Life, Liberty and Property
• Checks and Balances 
• Separation of Powers
• Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

 Legislative – 

•  the power to interpret and apply the law
•  the power to carry out and enforce laws
• the power to make laws
• I don't know

Executive – 

•  the power to interpret and apply the law
•  the power to carry out and enforce laws
• the power to make laws
• I don't know

Judicial- 

•  the power to interpret and apply the law
•  the power to carry out and enforce laws
• the power to make laws
• I don't know 

 Montesquieu believed that by dividing the powers of government no one branch would become too strong and threaten people’s rights.

• True 
• False