Philosophers on Authority, Property, and Society

This worksheet helps students connect key political ideas to Enlightenment philosophers like Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, and Montesquieu. It includes a quote-matching maze and a section linking constitutional concepts to their philosophical origins.

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PhilosophicallyCorrectNameB. Whose Idea I s I t Anyway?Read each of the excerpts below. Determine which philosopher sthoughts influenced the passage. Then identify the governmental concept from the reading that thepassage reflects.1' Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, bepresented t o the President of the United States; I f h e approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it . . . in whichCase it shall not b e a Law."— Constitution, Artide ISection 7.tiause2This idea belongs to:r' I'1" '11Concept:checks a n d balances2‘All.will bearin mindthis sacred principle that though the will o f the majority is in all cases t o prevail . . . the minoritypossess their equal rights."— Thomas Jefferson, fZcsf---—.-_-This idea belongs to: RousseauConcept-1 ™R u , ea n dMinority Rights1 " He {the President] shai have Power, b y and witn the Advice and Consent of the Senate, t o make Treaties, provided twothirds of the Senators present concur . . ."— Ccnst/tcrtmArtide I ISection 2Clause 2This idea belongs to:' "l | r i 1 JConcept-Checks and Balances and Separation of Powers4. "Thatt o secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men.’— Decoration o f independenceThis idea belongs to:111" " '"Concept:I ChiracS " . . . this Constitution, is really h its formation a government of the people; that is t o say. a government in which allpower isderivedfrom. and a t stated period reverts t othem— andthat,in its operation,tis purely, a government ofLaws made & executed by the fair substitutes of the people atone"— George Washington, fragment from discardedfotftiyurafThis idea belongs to:MontesquieuConcept:Ut e dGoventIClVICShuActivity - Side B

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