Enlightenment Review

Thinkers of the Enlightenment were primarily interested in

• changing the relationship between people and their government

• supporting the divine right theory

• debating the role of the church in society

• promoting increased power for European monarchs

Which statement expresses an idea of the Enlightenment?

• The king is sacred and answers only to God.

• History is a continuous struggle between social classes.

• Those who are the most fit will survive and succeed.

• All individuals have natural rights.

What is the right that belongs to all humans from birth?

• natural right

• natural cause

• natural law

• natural birth

The ideas of Rousseau, Voltaire, and Montesquieu most influenced

• the growing power of priests in the Roman Catholic Church

• improvements in the working conditions of factory workers

• the rise of industrial capitalism

• movements for political reform

According to John Locke, the chief role of government was to

• protect natural rights

• fight territorial wars

• ensure the wealth of citizens

• redistribute land

Natural rights, social contract, against divine right rule

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Mary Wolstonecraft

• William Wilberforce

• John Locke

3 branches of gov't, separation of powers

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Baron de Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Abolitionist, wanted to end the slave trade

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• William Wilberforce

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

Freedom of speech, religion & tolerance

• Thomas Hobbes

• Mary Wolstonecraft

• Voltaire

• John Locke

Women's equality & education

• Mary Wolstonecraft

• Baron be Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• John Locke