Independence Ideals Quiz

He was an English political philosopher who believed without a strong monarch, people would make life ‘nasty, brutish, and short.’ In his book Leviathan, he argued that natural law made monarchy the best form of government.

• Thomas Hobbes

• Thomas Aquinas

• John Locke

• Baron Montesquieu

He was an English political philosopher who believed people were born with natural rights which included the right to life, liberty and property. In his book Two Treatises of Civil Government, he argued that the purpose of government was to protect people’s rights.

• Thomas Hobbes

• Baron Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Jonathan Mayhew

The tradition of self-government in the English colonies in America began

• in 1620 in New York.

• in Virginia General Assembly and the House of Burgesses.

• with the signing of the Magna Carta.

• with the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

John Locke believed that people and rulers agreed to a ‘social contract.’ If a ruler took away people’s rights,

• the people had to agree because monarchs ruled with absolute power.

• the people had a right to revolt and set up a new government.

• the people should divide government into a legislative, executive, and judicial branch.

• the people should excommunicate their leaders.

Before Pilgrims landed in North America they signed the Mayflower Compact in which they

• declared their independence from England.

• formed the House of Burgesses in Virginia.

• established a feudal system in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

• agreed to elect their own leaders to make their own laws.

In England, the Glorious Revolution of 1688 led to

• the adoption of the Magna Carta in 1689.

• the signing of the Declaration of Independence in the 13 English Colonies in North America.

• the English Bill of Rights being adopted in 1689.

• the French Revolution in 1789.

They are the group of law makers in England who have set limits on the powers of English monarchs.

• The House of Burgesses

• The Magna Carta

• Parliament

• Congress

It was a religious revival that swept through the 13 Colonies in the 1730s & 1740s which led to more political and religious freedom in the colonies.

• The Glorious Revolution

• The Great Awakening

• The Enlightenment

It was a historic document in English history dating back to 1215. It limited royal power and protected the noble class from unlawful loss of life, liberty, and property.

• The Magna Carta

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Mayflower Compact

• The English Bill of Rights

The growth in the belief that all people are equal before God and a greater willingness in the mid 1700s to challenge the authority of the King and Parliament were results of

• the Glorious Revolution.

• the Great Awakening.

• the Enlightenment.

• the signing of the Magna Carta.