5.1 Flashcard (Enlightenment)

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Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things? God and Faith, reason and logic

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reason and logic

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Enlightenment philosopher who did not agree with censorship.

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Voltaire

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Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

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John Locke

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Enlightenment philosopher who believed to limit government, that it should be divided into separate branches that shared power.

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Montesquieu

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Enlightenment philosopher who believed people were born good, but society corrupted them. Also advocated for the idea of popular sovereignty

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Rousseau

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The ability of one branch of government to limit the power of the other is called ___.

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checks and balances

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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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Thomas Jefferson was greatly influenced by "John Locke" and took his ideas to write the ____.

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The Declaration of Independence

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People are naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish. Powerful government needed to ensure orderly society

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Thomas Hobbes

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Which enlightenment thinker came up with the idea of laissez-faire?

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Adam Smith