Foundational Thinkers & Documents

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  1. 2. the Enlightenment thinker who believed people are born into a social contract, are born equal, and have certain natural rights; if the social contract is broken, the people need to choose new leaders
  2. 3. (v.) to disagree; (n.) disagreement
  3. 4. the idea that all humans are born with equal rights to life, liberty, and property
  4. 7. the ultimate authority of a country
  5. 8. 1620 - the first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony
  6. 11. the principle that government actions are limited by law, in order to protect the rights of the people
  7. 13. the principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern
  8. 14. oppressive government or rule
  9. 15. the Enlightenment thinker who wrote that "man is born free, yet everywhere he is found in chains"; believed in direct democracy
  10. 17. an agreement where people consent to be governed in exchange for protection of people's rights
Down
  1. 1. the basis or groundwork of anything; the solid support on which things are built
  2. 5. a cultural movement that emphasized reason and the scientific method, in which philosophers sought to apply laws observable in nature to people, society, and government
  3. 6. the Enlightenment thinker who developed the idea that the power of government should be divided into branches, which he called "separation of powers"
  4. 9. (v.) to agree; (n.) permission to do something
  5. 10. government ruled by a king or queen
  6. 12. 1215 - a document guaranteeing rights and privileges to non-royalty under the law and limiting the power of monarchs
  7. 16. unable to be taken away
  8. 18. a form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws