The Enlightenment

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Who discovered a law that made Europeans begin to use scientific reasoning?

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Newton

Front

Who believed that people had the right to life, liberty, and property? Options: Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Voltaire

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Locke

Front

Who believed in the separation of powers in the government?

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Montesquieu

Front

Who said all people were born good?

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Rousseau

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Enlightened thinkers believed that _____ could lead them to the truth. Options: feeling, reason, experiments, government

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reason

Front

According to Montesquieu, the spirit of a republic is

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virtue

Front

Hobbes thought that order was more important than _____ in society.

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freedom

Front

Many enlightened thinkers thought that reason could solve the problems of ____. Options: government, society, privilege, virtue

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society

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The center of the Enlightenment was the city of ____.

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Paris

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In Paris, wealthy women invited writers, artists, and educated nobles to gather in their homes. They called these meetings ____.

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salons