an English philosopher who thought that a government with all the power in one place was best (monarchy), Thomas Hobbes, john locke, an English philosopher who wrote about natural rights and influenced our founding fathers, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, a Swiss philosopher who favored social freedom over natural freedom and thought that the government should serve the general will, Baron Charles De Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, like an anarchy, a situation with no government and no laws, Natural Rights, State of Nature, life, liberty, and property, Natural Rights, State of Nature, How to get your Natural Rights, John Locke, by being born, Separation Of Power, How to get your Natural Rights, an agreement between the people and the government; the people agree to give up some freedom and rights in exchange for government protection, Social Contact, Checks and Balances, a French philosopher whose ideas of separation of powers and checks and balances were used in our Constitution, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Baron Charles De Montesquieu, things that are in the best interest of the society as a whole, General Will, Majority rules, what more than half of the people want, Majority rules, Separation Of Power, no protection, loss of natural rights like life, liberty, and property, Majority rules, What Life Might Be Like In State Of Nature, the division of the government into parts where each part has its own purpose, Separation Of Power, Checks and Balances, when no part of the government has more power than another part and each part is able to check the use of power by another, State Of Nature, Checks and Balances, they make sure that the government serves the people and doesn't abuse power, Political philosophers, Purpose of Separation Of Power and Checks and Balances

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