Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution

Life, liberty, property are examples of

• natural rights

• social contract

• state of nature

• enlightenment

This thinker believed in the separation of powers within a government.  Each part should have check and balances over the other parts.

• Montesquieu
• Wollstancraft
• Locke
• Voltaire

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Enlightenment philosophers directly criticized the power of _______ Monarchs

• Absolute

• Enlightened

• Malevolent

• Russian

What is a Salon?

• a place to have your hair styled

• A gathering of people primarily to discuss ideas of the philosophes

• place where people gathered to share paintings of animals in tiny hats

• place where people gathered to worship

This philosopher believed there should be separate branches of government

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rosseau

• Voltaire

Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

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

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People give up some of their freedom in exchange for protection of their rights in the ...

• Scientific Revolution

• Age of Reason

• State of Nature

• Social Contract

Under the idea of the "consent of the governed," what happens if government fails to protect the peoples' rights?

• Nothing, people must obey the government

• The people would have a right to revolt

• The people would be returned to a state of nature

• People would be forced to enter into a social contract

Where did the Enlightenment take place?

• North America
• Europe
• South America 
• England

I believe in the idea of natural rights, such as life, liberty, and property. Who am I? 

• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes
• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau