Enlightenment and Revolutions

Which Enlightenment thinker had the concept that all men have natural rights (life, liberty, property)? This thinker also inspired the ideas in the Declaration of Independence.

• John Locke

• Charles Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

What was the central theme that Enlightenment thinkers were writing about?

• Divine Right Theory

• Debating taxation

• Relationship between people and government

• Increasing the power of the Church

Of the following enlightenment thinkers, who developed the idea for the social contract?

• Charles Montesquieu

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Voltaire

• John Locke

Life, liberty, and property are also known as?

• Unalienable Rights

• Essential Rights

• Natural Rights

• Original Rights

Enlightenment philosopher who believed to limit government, that it should be divided into separate branches that shared power.

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

Enlightenment philosophers believe that if government abuses power the people should change it.

• True
• False

What concept below would the Enlightenment philosophers be most likely to agree upon?

• Government should be dictated by the Divine Right Theory

• Citizens should never be involved in how the Government is ran

• People should get to choose how the government controls them

• There should be no separation between Church and Government

What was the main reason the American colonists wanted freedom from Great Britain?

• They wanted their own Monarch

• Taxation without representation

• They never wanted to be free from Great Britain, Great Britain wanted rid of the colonies

• Great Britain wanted to end slavery

Who inspired the Declaration of Independence, & who authored it?

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Montesquieu & John Adams

• Louis XVI & George III

• John Locke & Thomas Jefferson

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

• Separation of citizens into distinct classes

• Reign of Terror

• Unequal representation

• Unfair taxation