Study Guide: Civics EOC Exam PART 1

John Locke: What ideas is he known for?







What is the social contract?



Montesquieu: How did he influence the “Founding Fathers?”





What are four concepts found in the Magna Carta that influenced the Founding Fathers?







List three rights that are found in the English Bill of Rights that are found in the US Bill of Rights:







Name three concepts in the Mayflower Compact that influenced the Founding Fathers:

1: John Locke's most famous works are An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), in which he developed his theory of ideas and his account of the origins of human knowledge in experience, and Two Treatises of Government

2:A common description of the social contract is that people give up some of their rights in order to get the benefits of living in civil society

3:The single most important influence that shaped the founding of the United States comes from John Locke, a 17th century Englishman who redefined the nature of government.The duty of that government is to protect the natural rights of the people, which Locke believed to include life, liberty, and property.

4:

Due process or rule of law.

Trial by a jury of peers.

The right to a speedy trial.

5:Freedom to bear arms for self-defense. Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment and excessive bail. Freedom from taxation by royal prerogative, without the agreement of Parliament. Freedom of fines and forfeitures without a trial.

6:The writers of the Bill of Rights and state constitutions were inspired by concepts born in the Magna Carta: that a government should be constitutional, that the law of the land should apply to everyone, and that certain rights and liberties were so fundamental that their violation was an abuse of governmental

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