Enlightenment

During The Enlightenment, people developed new ideas about ...

• the level of control they should have over their government

• the level of control the Sun exerts on Earth's orbit

• how their food crops should be grown

• how their houses should be arranged

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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Natural Rights

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
• Life, Liberty, and Property
• Freedom
• Rights to say what we want, when we want to.

According to Enlightenment thinker John Locke, why are governments created?

• God gives monarchs a divine right to rule over their people

• People are naturally selfish and need a strong ruler to create order

• People set up governments to protect their lives and property

• Civil government must be established to offset the power of the church

A state of complete freedom without any rules is called ...

• A state of chaos

• A state of liberty

• California

• A state of nature

• A state excess

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

Belief that one can freely express their beliefs without fear of punishment.

• Freedom of Speech
• Freedom of Religion
• No unlawful searches
• Right to life, liberty, and property

French writer who believed in freedom of speech, religious tolerance, and the separation of church and state.

• Voltaire
• Locke
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu

Voltaire stated, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" demonstrates his belief in which right?

• Freedom of Speech
• Freedom of Religion
• The right to peaceably assemble
• Private ownership of guns