Unit: Intro
Lecture 1 – Hobbes, Locke, and Why Government
With reflections from Deserted Island Scenario Game
I. Life in State of Nature - how defined by:
a. Hobbes
b. Locke
II. How to Overcome the Unpleasantly
a. Social Contact - what is this?
i. Hobbes
ii. Locke
b. Violating the Contract - what happens?
i. Locke
ii. Hobbes
Examine: THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT by William Bradford November 11, 1620
Look up: compact :____________________________________________________
*In regards to Government (not a car or makeup) 
Intro Notes – Lecture 1 (Table of Hobbes and Locke and SOCIAL CONTRACT)
Hobbes
Locke
What is Social Contract?
Why do we need to form a
CIVIL SOCIETY?
What TYPE of government?
What’s the Leviathan?
Meaning:
Sovereign’s responsibility?
What does he say in the Two
Feelings towards Democracy?
Treatises of Government?
What about the people – their
role in government?
WHO HAS FINAL SAY?
What if the PEOPLE VIOLATED
the CONTRACT?
What if the RULER VIOLATED the
CONTRACT?
IN THE name of God, Amen.
We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign Lord, King James, by the grace of
God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland king, defender of the faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of
God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first
colony in the Northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God,
and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering
and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such
just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet
and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape-Cod the 11 of November, in the year of
the reign of our sovereign lord, King James, of England, France, and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the
fifty-fourth. Anno Domine 1620.3
Look up: compact :____________________________________________________
Highlight
a. What reasons were given for the creation of the document?
b. What did they agree to do?
c. What words in the document show the seriousness of the persons who signed it?
Unit: Intro
Lecture 2 – Origins on State and Defining the State Date: ___________
I. Theories of the Origin of the State
What factor or set of circumstances first brought the state into being?
a. Social Contract (already discussed)
b. Force Theory
c. Evolutionary Theory
d. Divine Right Theory
II. What is the state?
a. Def – already in Vocab list
b. Characteristics
i. Population
ii. Territory
iii. Sovereignty
iv. Government
Unit: Intro
Lecture 2 – Origins on State and Defining the State Date: ___________
I. Theories of the Origin of the State
What factor or set of circumstances first brought the state into being?
a. Social Contract (already discussed)
b. Force Theory
c. Evolutionary Theory
d. Divine Right Theory
II. What is the state?
a. Def – already in Vocab list
b. Characteristics
i. Population
ii. Territory
iii. Sovereignty
iv. Government