The Enlightenment

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a system of law based on a close observation of human nature​

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natural law

enlightenment

social contract

natural rights

Multiple Choice

18th century movement believed in the use of reason and in the scientific method to solve society problems.

• social contract

• laissez faire

• natural law

• enlightenment

Multiple Choice

Agreement between government and people. People give up  some rights so government can protect them

• social contract

• capitalism

• absolutism

• philosophy

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Match the following

• are rights we possess and enjoy simply by virtue of being human.

• Little or no governmental interference in the economic affairs of individuals and society.

• political system in which a single monarch, usually a king or queen, holds complete and unrestrained power over a country

• intellectuals of the 18th-century Enlightenment

• private ownership of property; supply and demand guide economic activity.

natural rights

laissez-faire

absolutism

philosophes

capitalism

• natural rights

• laissez-faire

• absolutism

• philosophes

• capitalism

Categorize

Options (6)

government should protect people rights

monarchs not chosen by God

wrote the Two Treatise on Government

absolute monarchy was best option

people should exchange freedoms for peace and order

believed people were selfish and greedy

Categorize and Match the following ideals between Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

Hobbes

Locke

Open Ended

Rousseau stated “Man is born free but everywhere is in chains.” In your own words, explain what this means and provide one example for full credit

Categorize

Options (8)

carries out laws/ present to the people

• veto laws

appoints judges

makes laws

Congress

President

interpret laws

determines if laws are constitutional

REWIND & REVIEW! Organize the U.S. three branches of government roles and responsibilities into the right categories

Legislative

Executive

Judicial

Match

Match the following ideals to the proper Enlightenment thinker

•  demanded equal rights for women

• • Believed in religious toleration and separation of church and state

• Theory of Evolution/Natural Selection

• Strong believer in laissez-faire economics, no government regulation

• • Separation of powers

  • Best form of government divided power among branches of government

Mary Wollstonecraft

Voltaire

Charles Darwin

Adam Smith

Baron de Montesquieu

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Voltaire

• Charles Darwin

• Adam Smith

• Baron de Montesquieu

Open Ended

Darwin stated " The strongest of the fittest will survive" What do you believe he means by that?