STANDARD GOVT.2c The student will apply social science skills to understand the political philosophies that shaped the development of Virginia and United States constitutional government by c) evaluating the writings of Hobbes, Locke, and Montesquieu; Essential Understandings Essential Knowledge Principles of government and law Fundamental political principles developed by leading European political Limited government: John Locke (Constitution of Virginia, Constitution of the United States, Declaration of Independence) thinkers Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Government’s authority coming only from the consent of the governed: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke (Declaration of Montesquieu may be found in the Independence, Constitution of the United States) Constitution of Virginia, the Declaration Separation of powers: Montesquieu (Constitution of the United States, Constitution of Virginia) of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States.
STANDARD GOVT.2c The student will apply social science skills to understand the political philosophies that shaped the development of Virginia and United States constitutional government by c) evaluating the writings of Hobbes, Locke, and Montesquieu; Essential Understandings Essential Knowledge Principles of government and law developed by leading European political thinkers Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Montesquieu may be found in the Constitution of Virginia, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States. Fundamental political principles Limited government: John Locke (Constitution of Virginia, Constitution of the United States, Declaration of Independence) Government’s authority coming only from the consent of the governed: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke (Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States) Separation of powers: Montesquieu (Constitution of the United States, Constitution of Virginia)
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