State and Social Contract

Many political philosophers met and discussed their ideas on government during the 1600's and 1700's. The was also known as the _______________ Period.

• Enlightenment

• Lighted

• Victorian

• Revolutionary

He established "inalienable rights".

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

He believed that people created government and chose to be governed, by contract, between the ruler and the ruled.

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

What is an agreement between people and the government?

• Consent
• Natural Rights
• Social Contract
• Voting

Hobbes & Locke believed that without government, the "state of nature" would leave humans 

• In a state of happiness
• With an abundance of resources
• More choices
• In perpetual war

According to Hobbes & Locke, what is the purpose of government?

• Make us happy.
• Take our money.
• Enforce order.
• Protect all people. 

Who believed that man is born evil & selfish, and needs to be controlled.  Life without a strong government would be nasty, brutish, and short

• Hobbes
• Locke

Social contract theory means that people agree to give up some of their rights for the government's protection.

• True
• False

Thomas Hobbes developed the social contract theory in his book Levianthan.

• True
• False

Thomas Hobbes believed in one ruler (a monarch) because he said people were naturally brutish and selfish.

• True
• False