Foundations Review

What was the Magna Carta?

• It was the name of a city in Spain.

• It was the celebration month for English royalty.

• It was a document that stated that the king had to follow the same rules as everyone else.

  It also gave rights to free citizens.

• It gave rights to the enslaved and free persons of England.

The Mayflower Compact

• allowed the colonist to tax themselves

• was the first example of self-government, the colonists agreed to make their own laws to preserve the settlement

• allowed some colonists to leave the settlement and go off on their own

• included both men and women in the signing of the document

Representative government

• wasn't what the colonists wanted

• Only allowed women to participate

• a government created by the King

• a government in which people have a say by electing persons to make decisions for them

Time period in Europe during the 17th & 18th Centuries when Philosophers began applying the concept of reason to the political environment and challenged absolutism (unlimited government).

• Scientific Revolution

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment

• Middle Ages

An Unlimited Government where the king or queen have unlimited power

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

Government where the power of the leader has restrictions. Everyone is expected to follow the law.

• Limited Government

• Unlimited Government

Philosopher who believed in natural rights and a social contract in order to have government. Believed the job of government was to protect peoples’ natural rights.

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

Locke's natural rights. Everyone is born with these.

• Life, liberty, property

• Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

• money, cars, houses

• work, religion, freedom

The concept that people have to agree to be governed. If the government fails to protect their rights, people can revolt and abolish the government.

• Separation of powers

• Freedom of speech

• Freedom of religion

• Social Contract

Philosopher who believed that government should have separation of powers and checks and balances.

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Voltaire