We The People Lesson 2

What were John Locke's 3 natural rights?

• Life, Liberty, pursuit of happiness

• Live, Laugh, Love

• Life, Liberty, Property

• Life, Speech, Religion

What role did the government have?

• Protect the people's natural rights

• Take away people's natural rights

• Help determine the people's natural rights

We give up our absolute freedom (State of Nature) in order to protect our natural rights. The people agreed to set up a government. This is the definition for: 

• Consent
• Social Contract
• Federalism
• Democracy

The people agree to OBEY the laws they have created. This is the definition for: 

• Consent of the governed

• Social Contract
• Liberty

• Natural Rights

Only some people have natural rights.

• True

• False

We currently live in a state of nature.

• True

• False

How does a person get natural rights?

• You need to live in the United States.

• You are born with them.

• You have to be an adult.

• You have to sign a contract.