Enlightenment and Road to Revolution

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What was the Enlightenment Era?

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A time period where people began focusing on logic, reason, and how governments should work.

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Which Enlightenment philosopher came up with Separation of Powers into 3 branches of government?

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Montesquieu

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Which Enlightenment philosopher came up with Social Contract?

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John Locke

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The idea that it's the government's job to protect the people's safety and rights. If the government does not, the people have the right to rebel or change the government.

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Social Contract

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What are the 3 branches of government?

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Legislative, Executive, Judicial

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What are natural rights according to John Locke?

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Life, Liberty, and Property

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What was the first document in Europe to limit the power of government and the monarch in the year 1215?

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Magna Carta

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What is the main idea in the Mayflower Compact?

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Self-government by the people

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Which document first included Freedom of Speech that we eventually use in the U.S. Bill of Rights? Options: Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact, Common Sense

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English Bill of Rights

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In "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, what did he say was common sense for the colonists?

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Rebel against England and make a new independent country