Origins of American Gov't

• Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince
• Thomas Hobbes wrote Leviathan
• John Locke wrote the Second Treatise of Government
• Baron de Montesquieu wrote The Spirit of the Laws
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote Second Discourse
• What did Locke write

  Second Treatise of Government
• Machiavelli believed:

  ~people obey through punishment

  ~Monarchy is the best government for total power
• Hobbes believed:

  ~State of Nature: Survival of the fittest (chaos/anarchy)

  ~People Need protection

  ~Social Contract: between the gov't and people cannot be broken

  ~People give up their freedom to get protection from the gov't

  ~Monarchy is the best type of gov't for his philosophy
• Locke believed:

  ~Natural Rights-life, liberty, property were inalienable

  ~Consent of the govern - people approved gov't

  ~Social Contract-can be negated by the people if they feel their rights are being taken. It CAN be broken.
• Montesquieu beliefs:

  ~Aristocratic Republic- representatives because of social class/wealth

  ~Democratic Republic- representatives by vote

  ~Popular Sovereignty- people are in charge

  ~Limited Gov't- gov't cannot do whatever it wants

  ~Rule of Law- gov't must follow law

  ~Checks and Balances- gov't limits itself
• Rousseau beliefs:

  ~Direct Democracy

  ~ruled by people

  ~Majority Rule

  ~everyone gets imput
• What philosopher believed in DIrect Democracy?

  Rousseau
• What philosopher believed in an Aristocratic Republic?

  Montesquieu
• What philosopher believed in Democratic Republic?

  Montesquieu
• What philosopher believed in Popular Sovereignty?

  Montesquieu
• What philosopher believed in limited government?

  Montesquieu
• What philosopher believed in Natural, inalienable rights?

  Locke
• What philosopher believed in consent of the governed?

  Locke
• What philosopher believed in a social contract that could be broken?

  Locke
• What philosopher believed the people had to give up their rights to receive protection from the government?

  Hobbes
• What philosopher believed state of nature was anarchy and chaos?

  Hobbes
• What philosophers believed monarchy was the best type of government for their philosophy?

  Machiavelli and Hobbes
• What philosopher believed in a social contract that could not be broken?

  Hobbes
• What philosopher believed you should rule through fear to keep power?

  Machiavelli