Natural Rights - term used by John Locke to explain that god, not government gave all humans life, liberty and property that isn't to be taken away, Socail Contract - Agreement that citizens give up some freedoms to the government and in return the government protects all citizens rights , Consent of governed - The governments power comes from the people and is only justified if consented to by the people , John Locke - Enlightenment thinker that wrote about natural right, social contract and consent of the governed, Separation of Powers - the government's power is shared by three different branches, Checks and balances - each branches ability to check the other in an effort to keep any one branch from becoming too powerful, Montesquieu  - Thinker from the Enlightenment that is credited with the ideas of separation of powers, and checks and balances, Enlightenment - Time period were thinkers challenged government ideas in an effort to improve society,

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