The Enlightenment & Age of Revolutions

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Which Enlightenment Thinker believed that people are naturally bad, and need to be governed by an absolute monarch?

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Thomas Hobbes

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What Enlightenment thinker most influenced the American and French Revolution, with the idea of "natural rights"?

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John Locke

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American's used _________________'s idea of separation of powers to write the US Constitution.

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Montesquieu

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You are born with _________________ that can't be taken away; life, liberty, property

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natural rights

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John Locke believed in what three natural rights?

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Life, Liberty, & Property

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______________________ believed in religious freedom and tolerance.

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Voltaire

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The Enlightenment is a time with people used reason and logic to explain the world.

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a time with people used reason and logic to explain the world

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An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection

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Social Contract

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During the scientific  revolution people started using experiments to test theories rather than just believing the ___________

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Church

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Only this group paid taxes in pre-revolutionary France: 1st Estate, 2nd Estate, 3rd Estate, 1st and 3rd Estates.

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3rd Estate