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What is the primary purpose of a government according to the text?
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a benefit commonly provided by governments?
What does the term 'politics' primarily refer to according to the text?
In what way do governments provide benefits to their citizens?
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What distinguishes different countries in terms of the benefits provided by their governments?
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The economic system of capitalism in Western Europe and North America developed at roughly the same time as ideas about democratic republics, self-government, and natural rights. At this time, the idea of ______ became an important concept.
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According to John Locke, all people have natural rights to life, ______, and property.
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In the eighteenth century, in Great Britain’s North American colonies, and later in France, the idea developed that people should govern themselves through elected representatives and not a ______.
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Only those representatives chosen by the people had the right to make laws to govern them, emphasizing the concept of ______.
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People should be free to consent to being governed, highlighting the importance of individual ______.
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