Question

many people disagreed about how governments should be organized. they debated what power, responsibilities, and rights people and their governments should have. some thinkers viewed government as part of a social contract, or an agreement between different groups to cooperate so that everyone benefits.
the text below describes two english thinkers ideas about the social contract between people and the government. read the descriptions. then follow the instructions below.
thomas hobbess ideas about the social contract:

• all power should come from the king.
• the governments job is to keep social order and enforce the kings desires.
• people are born with rights, but they must give up all rights in return for government protection.

john lockes ideas about the social contract:

• all power should come from the people, not the king.
• the governments role is to protect peoples natural rights, or rights they are born with.
• people choose to give up some rights so that government can make and enforce laws.

using the information above, complete the text.
enlightenment ideas agreed disagreed hobbes locke
thomas hobbes and john locke about the social contract.
claimed that the king needed to have all the power in order to protect the people. in exchange for that protection, people gave up their rights.
argued that the governments power came from the people who

Explanation:

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke had contrasting views on the social - contract. Hobbes believed in a powerful king with people giving up all rights for protection, while Locke thought power should come from the people and the government should protect natural rights.

Answer:

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke disagreed about the social contract. Hobbes claimed that the king needed to have all the power in order to protect the people. In exchange for that protection, people gave up their rights. Locke argued that the government's power came from the people who