Enlightenment

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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According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?

• Overthrow the government

• Petition the government for their rights

• Nothing, the people don't have rights

John Locke believed that all people had:

• Natural Rights

• Individual rights

• Some rights

What role did the government have, according to John Locke?

• Protect the people's natural rights

• Take away people's natural rights

• Help determine the people's natural rights

This writing was published during the American Revolution and paved the way for the Declaration of Independence.

• Rights of man

• The American Crisis

• Common Sense

Charles Montesquieu was a French political thinker known for his

• support of freedom of speech and thought

• theory of separation of powers

• writing of Common Sense

Which document came before the U.S. Constitution?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mayflower Compact

• Northwest Ordinance

Enlightenment ideas were spread mostly through

• military strategies

• social theories

• art methods

One of the most important parts of the Magna Carta influenced the 6th Amendment. This was the right to

• government without a king

• democratic elections

• a fair and speedy trial

This document helped serve as a model for our Bill of Rights

• Common Sense

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights