Enlightenment Retake

A time period, mostly in the 1700's, where philosophers and thinkers thought science and reason could improve all humanity.

• Enlightenment
• Great Awakening
• American Revolution
• French Revolution

People in a society give up some of their rights in exchange for protection.

• Social Contract
• Enlightenment
• State of Nature
• Revolution

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

• Voltaire
• Locke
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu

John Locke's  belief that you are born with no knowledge.  You gain knowledge through your life experiences. 

• Blank Slate - Tabula Rosa
• Infantile Enlightenment
• State of Nature
• Social Contract

This thinker believed that humanity was inherently evil.  Laws and governments are needed to protect people from each other. 

• Hobbes
• Montesquieu
• Roussoue
• Voltaire

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Which quote best demonstrates what would happen if people lived in a state of nature?

• "Without government, our lives would be nasty, brutish, and short!"
• "To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them"
• "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
• "Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience."

Enlightenment thinkers questioned the idea of a "divine right to rule" which threatened the power of kings.  What does "divine right to rule" mean?

• Kings was handed down to kings at birth by God.
• Kings were crowned by the Pope thus giving them the right to rule.
• The power of kings was decreasing since the Magna Carta.
• The power given to citizens as part of a democracy.

What did Jean-Jacques Rousseau believe about government?

• some government control is necessary, but it should be kept to a minimum

• the government should control all aspects of our lives

• the government should be led by an absolute monarch

Who said citizens require harsh ans strict laws?

• Thomas Hobbes

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Locke

John Locke believed in what three natural rights?

• Life, Liberty, & Property

• Life, Equality, & Happiness

• Liberty, Equality, & Fraternite

• Live Free, Die Hard