AP Gov't Identification Flashcards
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- Jacques Rousseau
- "The Social Contract"; believed that people need freedom, yet need to maintain control of their society
- The Social Contract
- written by Rousseau; motivates reforms in Europe
- Thomas Hobbes
- "Leviathan"; he believed people should give their freedom to one man who would in return protect them
- Leviathan
- written by Hobbes; about the structure of society and the monster 'leviathan' (man in a 'state of nature')
- John Locke
- "Two Treatises on Government"; believed the government derived its power from the people; believed in rights of life, libery, and property
- Natural Rights
- rights inherent in human beings; Declaration of Independence says these rights are life, libery, and the pursuit of happiness
- Consent of the Governed
- the people must agree on the ruler
- Limited Government
- restrictions placed on the ruler/government; i.e. the government cannot take away property
- Two Treatises on Government
- written by John Locke; stated men are in a state of anarchy naturally, that no one should harm another's "natural rights", and that the people have the right to revoly against an oppressive government
- Thomas Paine
- "Common Sense"; revolutionary