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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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    Philosophically Correct Name B. Whose Idea I s I t Anyway? Read each of the excerpts below. Determine which philosopher s thoughts influenced the passage. Then identify the governmental concept from the reading that the passage reflects. 1 ' Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented 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 which Case it shall not b e a Law." — Constitution, Artide I Section 7. tiause 2 This idea belongs to: r ' I' 1 " ' 11 Concept: checks a n d balances 2 ‘All. will bear in mind this sacred principle that though the will o f the majority is in all cases t o prevail . . . the minority possess their equal rights." — Thomas Jefferson, fZcsf - -- —. - _- This idea belongs to: Rousseau Concept- 1 ™ R u , e a n d Minority Rights 1 " He {the President] shai have Power, b y and witn the Advice and Consent of the Senate, t o make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur . . ." — Ccnst/tcrtm Artide I I Section 2 Clause 2 This idea belongs to: ' " l | r i 1 J Concept- Checks and Balances and Separation of Powers 4. "That t o secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men.’ — Decoration o f independence This idea belongs to: 111 " " ' " Concept: I Chirac S " . . . this Constitution, is really h its formation a government of the people; that is t o say. a government in which all power is derived from. and a t stated period reverts t o them — and that, in its operation, t is purely, a government of Laws made & executed by the fair substitutes of the people atone" — George Washington, fragment from discardedfotftiyuraf This idea belongs to: Montesquieu Concept: U t e d Gove nt I ClVICS hu Activity - Side B

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