Mr. Scott's World History- Enlightenment

Which title is best for the list of documents?

*Declaration of Independence

*Bill of Rights

*United States Constitution

• Written by Thomas Jefferson

• Inspired by the French Revolution

• Influenced by Thomas Hobbes

• Influenced by the Enlightenment

Which city was known as the center of Enlightenment?

• Washington DC

• London

• Paris

• Rome

Enlightenment thinkers agreed with the church and the monarchs of the time.

• True

• False

Enlightenment thinkers often avoided persecution and arrest by....

• Writing in salons

• using a pen name

• co-writing with a king

• burning books of other thinkers

Which Enlightenment thinker was in favor of a system of checks and balances?

• Diderot

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Voltair

Physiocrats believed that the economy was better off without government interference. This policy was known as?

• Merchantilism

• Laissez faire

• tariffs

• Trade regulation

Why were American colonist upset with the British

• Stamp Act

• Taxation without representation

• Tea Tax

• All of the above

Which Enlightenment philosopher felt that people needed an absolute monarch to maintain order?

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

Which Philosopher condemned torture, abuses of justice, and the death penalty?

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Beccaria

• Diderot

Music changed during the Enlightenment period. Who would be an example of this?

• Bon Jovi

• Mozart

• Chopin

• Brahms