Enlightenment Thinkers

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in Natural Rights?

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

Which Enlightenment Thinker believed in the separation of powers?

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that people have the right to overthrow a bad government?

• John Locke

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

Which Enlightenment thinker believed people are basically good and moral?

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

Thomas Jefferson was influenced by which Enlightenment thinker?

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

Which Enlightenment thinker influenced James Madison?

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in a social contract?

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

Popular Sovereignty is an example of what

• Social Contract

• Separation of Powers

• The Constitution

• Natural Rights

What is a social contract?

• Agreement that people give up certain rights while the government agrees to protect the peoples rights

• Agreement that the government has the right to rule however they wish

• Where the government is split into multiple different branches

• Rights that everybody is born with

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in religious freedom?

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu