HISTORY
THE AMERICAS PREHISTORYAD 1570
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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when the government becomes a threat to the people’s natural rights
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when the government becomes too bureaucratic
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when the government is involved in an unjust war
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when the people disagree with the government’s policies
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Detailed explanation-1: -Locke said that under natural law, all people have the right to life, liberty, and private property; under the social contract, the people could instigate a revolution against the government when it acted against the interests of citizens, to replace the government with one that served the interests of citizens.
Detailed explanation-2: -If the executive power fails to provide the conditions under which the people can enjoy their rights under natural law, then the people are entitled to remove him, by force if necessary. Thus, revolution, in extremis, is permissible-as Locke obviously thought it was in 1688.
Detailed explanation-3: -He uses a theory of natural rights to argue that governments have obligations to their citizens, have only limited powers over their citizens, and can ultimately be overthrown by citizens under certain circumstances. He also provided powerful arguments in favor of religious toleration.
Detailed explanation-4: -For Rebellion being an Opposition, not to Persons, but Authority, which is founded only in the Constitutions and Laws of the Government; those, whoever they be, who by force break through, and by force justifie their violation of them, are truly and properly Rebels.
Detailed explanation-5: -Often credited as a founder of modern “liberal” thought, Locke pioneered the ideas of natural law, social contract, religious toleration, and the right to revolution that proved essential to both the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution that followed.