Enlightenment Thinkers

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Who believed in a separation of powers as a way to provide checks and balances?

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Montesquieu

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If Baron de Montesquieu were to visit the United States today, he might be most pleased to see the the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches of our government

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the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches of our government

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This image is most closely related to which thinker? Voltaire, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu

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Locke

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This image is most closely related to which thinker?

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Montesquieu

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John Locke believed these people had these type of right?

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Natural Rights

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According to John Locke what must the government do with people's rights?

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Protect Them

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Rousseau believed in the idea of what for the government?

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Majority Rule

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Baron de Montesquieu developed this idea for government

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Checks and Balances

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What was the purpose of separating the 3 branches of government, according to Montesquieu?

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protect the liberties of the people

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Which Enlightenment philosopher believed that governments should be based on majority rule?

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Rousseau