[When] the legislature shall . . . grasp [for] themselves, or put into the hands of any other, an absolute power over their lives, liberties, and estates of the people, . . . they forfeit the power the people had put into their hands for quite contrary ends, and it [passes] to the people, who have a right to resume their original liberty. Source: John Locke, Two Treatises of Government, 1690 1. Which idea is expressed in this passage? 1) The people should give up their liberty to create an orderly society. 2) People have the right to rebel if their natural rights are denied. 3) Governments should be obeyed regardless of their actions. 4) Liberty can only be guaranteed in a direct democracy. 2. The ideas in this passage inspired which of the following historical developments? 1) Rise of absolute monarchs 2) Spread of feudalism 3) Rise of representative democracies 4) Spread of imperialism
1) The idea expressed in this passage is 2) People have the right to rebel if their natural rights are denied.
2) The ideas in this passage inspired 3) the rise of representative democracies.