Enlightenment Thinkers

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Who believed that women's education should be the same as men's?

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Wollstonecraft

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Who believed in a separation of powers as a way to provide checks and balances? Options: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Hobbes, Voltaire

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Montesquieu

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Thomas Hobbes believed that all humans are _______________.

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selfish and wicked

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Who believed that a person's punishment should match the seriousness of the crime?

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Beccaria

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Who believed there should be a separation of church and state?

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Voltaire

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The beliefs of the enlightenment thinkers led to a revolution in France in __________.

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1789

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Which enlightenment thinker believed that a government is needed to keep order? Options: Voltaire, Hobbes, Rousseau, Beccaria

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Hobbes

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Who believed in a social contract between the people and the government in which people gave up some freedom in order to have their rights protected? Options: Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Hobbes

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Rousseau

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Who believed the government should protect a person's three natural rights: life, liberty, and property?

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Locke

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Huge influence on economics, a firm believer in capitalism and the invisible hand that guides the economy

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Adam Smith