The Enlightenment

In short, the Enlightenment was a time when people developed new ideas about people's rights and _____________.

• the economy

• the government

• war

• social classes

The ideas of the Enlightenment were developed and spread through these meetings.

• internet chat rooms

• high level government conferences

• international conventions

• salons

Which of these includes life, liberty, and property?

• natural rights

• state of nature

• social contract

• consent of the governed

According to Enlightenment thinkers, this is what life was like before governments.

• natural rights

• state of nature

• social contract

• consent of the governed

This is the idea that the people will give up some of their freedom in exchange for protection of their rights.

• natural rights

• state of nature

• social contract

• consent of the governed

According to this idea, the government does NOT get its powers from any god, but from the permission of the people.

• natural rights

• state of nature

• social contract

• consent of the governed

According to this theory specifically, the people will choose a person to represent them in the government.

• democracy

• direct democracy

• republicanism

• absolute monarchy

This person helped bring equality to education.

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Mary Wollstonecraft

This person thought the government needed to have separate parts with powers over each other.

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Mary Wollstonecraft

This person defended the existence of a strong monarchy (king/queen), saying they were needed to protect people from themselves.

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Mary Wollstonecraft