Unit 1: Enlightenment

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The Age of Enlightenment began

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In the 18th Century

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

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reason and logic

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Whose authority was challenged by the new scientific theories during the 16th and 17th centuries? Options: Catholic Church, Roman Gods, Baptist ministers, The Queen of Spain

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Catholic Church

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Most Enlightenment thinkers were speaking out against

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Absolute Monarchy

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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 men and women should be equal

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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Enlightenment philosopher who edited the Encyclopedia to help educate the public.

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Denis Diderot

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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 philosophers believe that if government abuses power the people should change it.

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True