The Enlightenment

Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

• power and privilege
• money and fame
• good looks and charm
• reason and logic

Many rulers came to power believing that their right to lead came from God. This is an example of: 

• Supreme Law
• Divine Right
• Their Opinion
• Poor Judgement

Most Enlightenment thinkers were speaking out against

• Democracy
• Absolute Monarchy

Enlightenment philosopher who did not agree with censorship. He famously said "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

• Voltaire

• Denis Diderot

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Adam Smith

Enlightenment philosopher who believed men and women should be equal

• Voltaire
• Denis Diderot
• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Adam Smith

Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

Enlightenment philosopher who believed to limit government, that it should be divided into separate branches that shared power.

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

Enlightenment philosopher who believed people were born good, but society corrupted them. He felt people were capable of forming their own governments, and ruling themselves.

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

Enlightenment philosophers believe that if government abuses power the people should change it.

• True
• False

According to John Locke, Natural Rights are ...

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

• Life, Liberty, and Property

• Freedom

• Rights to say what we want, when we want to.