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What book did John Locke write? |
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Two Treatises on Government |
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What book did Rousseau write? |
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What book did Montesquieu write? |
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According to Locke, how should the government protect peoples' natural rights? |
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They should preserve people's property, and not enslave them. |
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According to Locke, what should happen if the peoples' natural rights aren't protected? |
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The people have the right and duty to rise up and overthrow their government, establishing a new one in its stead. |
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According to Rousseau, what is the difference between natural liberty and civil liberty? |
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Natural liberty = the unlimited ability to do whatever you want, unchecked
Civil liberty = being subject to only laws established for the good of the people |
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What two theories did Montesquieu write of? |
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Checks and balances/a three-branch government |
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