Why Government?

Who believed that the power of government should be held by someone who wears a crown?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

In a state of nature there is

• no leader to rule the people.

• the option to have whatever you have the power to take.

• chaos and conflict.

• All of the above

Hobbes believed that with a social contract, that the people would give up certain rights for

• leadership.

• natural rights.

• protection.

• freedom.

John Locke believed that everyone is born with a tabula rasa, which is

• the unresolved feelings of conflict from previous generations.

• a blank slate that would be begin to be filled up with life experiences.

• the debt of their ancestors.

• being born to live the same condition that their parents experienced (royalty, poverty, power, etc.).

John Locke and Thomas Hobbes view of a state of nature was

• similar.

• opposite from each other.

Hobbes believed that once the people agreed to a social contract that

• they lost the ability to rebel against a leader.

• they still had the power to reject the leader.

John Locke believed that each person was born with natural rights, which included

• the right to life.

• the right to liberty.

• the right to property.

• all of the above.

John Locke believed that the purpose of government was to give people protection, including the protection of everyone's

• natural rights.

• right to become the leader.

• right to live anywhere.

Which thinker believed that the people had a right to rebel against government leadership if the leadership failed to protect natural rights?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

The best definition of a social contract is

• an agreement between a government and the people where certain rights of the people are given up in exchange for protection from the government.

• an agreement between a government and the people where rights are given up because they are "subjects of the crown."

• an agreement between a government and the people where rights are given up because otherwise war would occur between everyone.