Origins of American Government

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

SS.7.C.1.2

Which right was established by Magna Carta in 1215?

• the right to vote in elections

• the right to choose the monarch

• the right to freedom of speech

• the right to a trial by jury

SS.7.C.1.2

Which document confirmed the rights of English subjects after the overthrow of James Il in the Glorious Revolution?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws

SS.7.C.1.1 & 1.2

Which of the following were most similar?

• the Mayflower Compact and John Locke's social contract theory

• the English Bill of Rights and Thomas Paine's Common Sense

• Magna Carta and Montesquieu's separation of powers

• the Mayflower Compact and Montesquieu's separation of powers