The people choose their leaders

What was a characteristic of the enlightenment?

Discoveries led to the belief that God created the world

Without government life would be nasty, brutish, and short.

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Those too poor to pay for the trip to the Colonies
Pilgrims
Indentured servants
Dissenters
Disenfranchised
2
The first agreed on government in the colonies
Jamestown
The Powhatten convention
The Confederacy
Mayflower Compact
3
Parliament
The largest constitution ever written
A lawmaking body
The country where the king died
A document giving rights to citizens
4
Believed in life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
Voltaire
The Baron of Montesquieu
Big John Locke
Lil Tommy Hobbes
5
Believed in dividing government into branches.
The Baron Montysquirrel
LockeLockeLocke
Lil Tommy Hobbes
Voltaire
6
No government
Democracy
Socialism
Communism
Anarchy
7
Magna Carta
Gave rights to kings and princes
Took away the freedom to speak freely
Required the king to tax citizens more
Gave basic rights to citizens
8
An institution with the power to make and enforce rules
Government
History
Economics
Geography
9
In a democracy
The people choose their leaders
There are not leaders
The king chooses leaders
The leaders choose their leaders
10
Which isn't a level of government?
Church
City
State
National
11
Who has the power in an authoritarian state?
A president
A governor
A prime minister
A dictator
12
What was a characteristic of the enlightenment?
Discoveries led to the belief that God created the world
The belief that the monarch had absolute power
None
An emphasis on the arts and music
13
You'll agree to be governed if the government is fair
Social contract
Political theory
Social politics
just government
14
People had the right to decide how they should be governed.
Volt Air Jordan
Thomas Calvin and Hobbes
Jean Jock Rousseau
John who didn't know how to spell Locke
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What did Hobbes say?
Without government life would be nasty, brutish, and short.
Government is always just
Government is always a disaster
Government makes life pleasant, sweet, and fun.
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All people living in a political unit
Citizenship
Country
Democracy
State

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