Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The very nature of an absolutist state means that many mechanisms exist to protect citizens and enable them to claim their “rights” against political leaders.
2. Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau are known as social contract theorists.
3. Proponents of participatory democracy argue that real democracy must include far more than the minimal list of institutional guarantees.
4. The English Constitution included the first right to trial by peers, guaranteed the freedom of the (Catholic) church from monarchical intervention, created an assembly of 25 barons (chosen by all the barons of England) that became the first parliament, and guaranteed nobles the right to be called together to discuss any significant new taxes.
5. In the 20th century, fascists came to power in Germany, Italy, Spain, and Portugal.


1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. True

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