SS.7.C.1.1
According to John Locke, which agreement did individuals enter into to form their own society?
Ch 1 - The Origins of American Government
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
SS.7.C.1.1
According to John Locke, which agreement did individuals enter into to form their own society?
constitution
social contract
Mayflower Compact
English Bill of Rights
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
SS.7.C.1.1
According to John Locke, which rights were guaranteed by natural law?
trial by jury and no cruel punishments
freedom of speech and of the press
life, liberty and property
freedom of worship and the right to petition
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
SS.7.C.1.2
The statement above is from Magna Carta (1215).
Which right was guaranteed in this excerpt?
trial by jury
no taxation without representation
freedom of the press
freedom of religion
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
SS.7.C.1.1
Which thinker introduced the idea of a separation of powers for effective government?
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
SS.7.C.1.1
How was Locke's social contract theory related to his belief in natural law?
He argued subjects had the right to rebel against a ruler who acted against natural law.
He argued that whatever the king did was good according to natural law.
He argued that natural law required the colonists to be given their independence.
He argued that God had especially chosen kings to rule over their subjects as part of nature.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
SS.7.C.1.2
Which describes an impact of Magna Carta on the American colonists in the 1770s
They believed they could not be taxed without their consent.
They believed they could not be governed by a far-away island.
They thought they had the right to overthrow a king who did not protect their rights.
They favored a separation of the powers of government into different branches.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
SS.7.C.1.1
What most attracted the Founding Fathers to Montesquieu's explanation of the separation of powers?
Their separation could help prevent the central government from becoming tyrannical and oppressive.
Their separation could protect the rights of the nobility from the actions of the king.
Their separation could preserve the privileges of the monarch and nobles from popular attack.
Their separation raised judicial power to a level of equality with
legislative and executive power.
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