Influences on Government Name:________________ Fill in the chart below for each influential person or document. People What were his beliefs? How did his beliefs influence our government today? People have natural rights to Influenced the ideas of the Declaration of John Locke life, liberty, and property that Independence the government must protect Baron de Government should be divided Constitution Montesquieu into parts and that no one part Separation of powers = 3 branches of government should become too powerful. Checks and balances = each part checks the other Documents What does the document How did this document influence our say? government today? The power of government Constitution Magna Carta should be limited People have rights that Bill of rights English Bill of Rights government should protect. Self-government Constitution “We the People” Mayflower Compact Direct democracy Rights Declaration of independence Common Sense Self government What is a social contract? An agreement among people in a society and their government that the people will give up some of their rights in order to be protected by their government. What were the 2 main causes for the colonists declaring their independence from Britain? The 2 main causes were the violation of the colonist’s rights and over taxation without representation. Fill in the missing part of the events that led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence in the diagram below: British policies limit Colonial demand for British ignore colonial Declaration of Independence is colonial rights. political change increases grievances. approved. Identify the how the weakness of the Articles of Confederation led to the writing of the Constitution by listing the major weaknesses: no power to tax No executive Branch/ could not enforce the laws No Judicial Branch Unanimous vote/Needed all 13 states to agree to an amendment
Influences on Government Name:________________ Fill in the chart below for each influential person or document. People What were his beliefs? How did his beliefs influence our government today? John Locke People have natural rights to life, liberty, and property that the government must protect Influenced the ideas of the Declaration of Independence Baron de Montesquieu Government should be divided into parts and that no one part should become too powerful. Constitution Separation of powers = 3 branches of government Checks and balances = each part checks the other Documents What does the document say? How did this document influence our government today? Magna Carta The power of government should be limited Constitution English Bill of Rights People have rights that government should protect. Bill of rights Mayflower Compact Self-government Direct democracy Constitution “We the People” Common Sense Rights Self government Declaration of independence What is a social contract? An agreement among people in a society and their government that the people will give up some of their rights in order to be protected by their government. What were the 2 main causes for the colonists declaring their independence from Britain? The 2 main causes were the violation of the colonist’s rights and over taxation without representation. Fill in the missing part of the events that led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence in the diagram below: British policies limit colonial rights. Colonial demand for political change increases British ignore colonial grievances. Declaration of Independence is approved. Identify the how the weakness of the Articles of Confederation led to the writing of the Constitution by listing the major weaknesses: no power to tax No executive Branch/ could not enforce the laws No Judicial Branch Unanimous vote/Needed all 13 states to agree to an amendment