Civics 1.2 America's Founding Ideas

Which Enlightenment thinker argued that all people were born equal and had natural rights to life, liberty, and property?

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

•  Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

This is the idea that “the people” give the government power to protect their natural rights and must live by the rules?

• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances
• Social Contract 
• Rule of Law

Montesquieu is most known for his ideas on?

• Social Contract
• Separation of Powers
• Natural Rights
• Protection of life, liberty and property

What document was most influenced by John Locke’s ideas?

• The Constitution
• The Magna Carta
• The Bill of Rights
• The Declaration of Independence

Separation of Powers influenced the US Government by providing?

• Checks & Balances
• Natural Rights 
• Natural Law
• The Social Contract

John Locke said that the purpose of government was to?

• To protect life, liberty, and property 

• Fight wars against evil kings

• To provide roads, bridges, and parks

• To protect life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Thomas Jefferson described the social contract as?

• natural law

• a declaration of independence

• consent of the governed

• life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Law of Nature "there existed natural rights that needed/deserved to be protected. Was coined by who:

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Charles de Montesquieu

• Coach Chandler

Signed by King John of England in 1215, this document limited the scope of power and is the fundamental principle behind the U.S. System

• Declaration of Rights
• Magna Carta
• Petition of Rights
• English Bill of Rights

What is the U.S. Constitution

• Supreme law of land
• A general understanding of our collective rights
• Declaration of freedom
• A worthless piece of paper that has many flaws