Enlightenment Background Reading

The Enlightenment was

• a time period when people developed ideas about existence

• a time period where people began thinking about basic human rights

• a time period where individuals wondered about what rights a government should have

• All of the above

Enlightenment thinkers believed people should have access to life, liberty, property, and freedom to find happiness OR

• States of Nature

• Republicanism

• Natural Rights

• Salons

The idea that a country's leader should be chosen by the people is called

• Enlightenment philosophy

• Republicanism

• The Social Contract

• Natural Rights

Which of the following examples best describes the social contract?

• Leaders/government determine the laws and the people follow the laws and protect the government

• No rules, no protection, & complete freedom for both the government and the people

• The government agrees to follow laws created by the people and the people can create any laws they see fit

• Citizens agree to obey laws and government agrees to protect citizen's rights

Enlightenment thinkers believed that people should have the right to

• Express themselves

• Move about freely

• Petition the government

• All of the above