Enlightenment Thinkers

Which statement best explains the Divine Right of Kings?

• People are sovereign.

• The king answers only to God.

• People are born with God given rights.

• The king signs the social contract.

What was the name for the time period in the 1700s where people started to question their absolute monarchs & said GOVTS SHOULD SERVE THE PEOPLE?

• Absolutism
• The Enlightenment
• Feudalism
• Democracy

What enlightenment thinker said that you had the RIGHT TO REVOLUTION to overthrow bad govts & replace it with something better?

• Montesquieu
• John Locke
• Rousseau
• Wollstonecraft

What enlightenment thinker said that power in government should be SEPARATED so 1 person doesn't have it all?

• Montesquieu
• Wollstonecraft
• Voltaire
• John Locke

What enlightenment thinker said that you have GOD GIVEN RIGHTS of life, liberty (freedom), and your own property?

• Voltaire
• Wollstonecraft
• Montesquieu
• John Locke

What was a primary focus of the Enlightenment philosophers?

• increasing faith by examining religious texts
• achieving wisdom through experiences with nature
• seeking progress through the expansion of human knowledge
• pursuing spiritual experiences through the revival of religious tradition
  

How did the ideas of the Enlightenment philosophers MOST influence popular revolutions  in the United States?

• by explaining that society could be improved through scientific discovery
• by challenging the belief in the divine right of kings
• by stressing the importance of military strength
• by examining other countries as models of self-government
  

Which phrase BEST defines the concept of inalienable rights?

• rights denied to constitutional monarchs
• rights granted to elected officials by the people
• rights that are outlined in government documents
  
• rights that are unable to be infringed upon

Which Enlightenment thinker directly influenced Thomas Jefferson’s ideas about “right to revolution”?

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

Which idea was Baron de Montesquieu’s primary contribution to the development of democracy?

• separation of powers
• concept of unalienable rights
• divine rights of kings
• separation of church and state