Flashcard 6: Enlightenment Thinkers

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What is the time period where people developed new ideas about human existence, including basic rights and how government should be structured?

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Enlightenment

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Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things? power and privilege, money and fame, good looks and charm, reason and logic

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reason and logic

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Most Enlightenment thinkers were speaking out against

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Absolute Monarchy

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Life, Liberty, Property, and Happiness are all what?

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Natural Rights

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Due Process means:

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The government is obligated to provide a trial to the accused within a certain amount of time

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Natural Freedom, where you can explore your instincts and do what you want, can only happen in a...

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State of Nature

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According to John Locke, why are governments created?

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People set up governments to protect their lives and property.

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Locke believed that a government's power comes from...

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consent of the governed

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John Locke believed the government should

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Protect Rights

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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