If the government breaks the social contract, Locke suggests...

Citizens should overthrow government

What is Separation of Powers?

Separating government into branches

Why were William and Mary so beloved during the Glorious Revolution?

Protestant monarchs who signed English Bill of Rights

Why was the Enlightenment so important?

Introduced new political ideas about limited government

What did the English Bill of Rights mean for England?

Parliament now made laws in a constitutional monarchy

What does a constitution do?

Lists the rights of citizens, Tells the government what it can and can't do

How did the Enlightenment influence the American Revolution?

Americans wanted to turn the ideas into reality

What is the General Will?

What most humans want from government

What is Consent of the Governed?

Locke's idea that government gets power from people

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Unit 2 (up to Am Rev)

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1
What was Voltaire's civil liberties?
consent of the governed
popular sovereignty
checks and balances
freedom of speech
2
If the government breaks the social contract, Locke suggests...
Citizens should overthrow government
Citizens should divide government
Citizens should not work for the government
Citizens should not interfere with government
3
What is Separation of Powers?
Separating government into branches
Separating science and state
Separating king from parliament
Separating church and state
4
Why were William and Mary so beloved during the Glorious Revolution?
Catholic monarchs who signed English Bill of Rights
Protestant monarchs who signed English Bill of Rights
Protestant monarchs who ruled absolutely
Puritan leaders who followed Cromwell
5
What did Parliament want at the beginning of the English Civil War?
Power to arrest people
Power to make laws
Power to judge laws
Power to tax people
6
Why was the Enlightenment so important?
Introduced new scientific ideas about gravity
Introduced new economic ideas about mercantilism
Introduced new political ideas about limited government
Introduced new social ideas about language
7
What did the English Bill of Rights mean for England?
The English Bill of Rights took away people's rights
Parliament now made laws in a constitutional monarchy
Parliament could not make laws or issue taxes
King now made laws in an absolute monarchy
8
What does a constitution do?
Is the history of a country
Lists the rights of citizens
Tells the government what it can and can't do
Lists who has what job
9
How did the Enlightenment influence the American Revolution?
Americans wanted to turn the ideas into reality
Americans fought to overthrow France's government
Americans wanted their own Enlightenment ideas
Americans disagreed with all Enlightenment ideas
10
What was the outcome of the first part of the English Civil War?
Charles I was beheaded
Charles II ran away to Denmark
Cromwell was beheaded
James I ran away to Denmark
11
What is the General Will?
What most humans want from medicine
What most humans want from religion
What most humans want from government
What most humans want from family
12
Why was the Scientific Revolution so important?
Invented diseases
Followed tradition
Challenged authority
Created limited government
13
What is a feature of an unlimited government?
Citizens have no rights
They are all absolute monarchies
The government shares power with people
The government follows a constitution
14
What did Galileo prove that Copernicus claimed?
Heliocentric universe
Geocentric universe
The moon is a perfect sphere
Jupiter has no moons
15
What is Consent of the Governed?
Robespierre's idea about church and state
Voltaire's idea about freedom of speech
Rousseau's idea about general will
Locke's idea that government gets power from people
16
How do unlimited governments maintain power?
They use the church
They use the schools
They use God
They use the military
17
How did Galileo influence Newton?
Newton proves two objects fall at the same speed
Newton discovered the geocentric universe
Newton discovered gravity
Newton discovered quantum physics
18
Who led Parliament's army against the King?
Charles I
Oliver Cromwell
James II
William Pitt

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