7-2.3 Enlightenment Thinkers

What did Enlightened philosophers use to develop limited government?

• theory
• reason
• science
• discovery

What is the belief that the government gets its approval from the people

• state of nature
• consent of the governed
• social contract theory
• divine rights

What document did John Locke's ideas influence?

• Declaration of Independence
• Magna Carta
• English Bill of Rights
• Great Charter

What type of government did the Enlightenment thinkers support?

• limited government
• absolute monarchy
• unlimited government
• totalitarian government

A time when people in Europe began to question the traditional ideas about government and power, and came up with new ideas about who should be involved in government.

• Natural Rights
• The Enlightenment
• Social Contract
• Separation of Power

Philosopher
1. Natural Rights
2. Social Contract

• John Locke
• Baron de Montesquieu
• Thomas Hobbes
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Philosopher

Separation of Powers

• John Locke
• Baron de Montesquieu
• Thomas Hobbes
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Voltaire supported--

• Only being Catholic
• Only being Protestant
• Only being Islam
• Having freedom of religion

Which Enlightenment philosopher believed government works best when there is separation of powers?

• Hobbes
• Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau

Montesquieu argued that the 3 branches of government should have power over each other and stop a branch if it got too powerful. This is known as ____________.

• Checks and Balances

• Liberty

• Separation of Powers

• Checks of Power