Enlightenment Thinkers

Who believed in a separation of powers as a way to provide checks and balances?

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

• Locke

If Baron de Montesquieu were to visit the United States today, he might be most pleased to see the

• our Declaration of Independents
• our Bill of Rights
• a government-run tax system
• the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches of our government

This image is most closely related to which thinker?

• Voltaire
• Hobbes
• Locke
• Montesquieu

This image is most closely related to which thinker?

• Montesquieu
• Locke
• Beccaria
• Hobbes

John Locke believed these people had these type of right?

• No Rights

• Freedom Rights

• Natural Rights

• Unnatural Rights

According to John Locke what must the government do with people's rights?

• Get rid of them

• Protect Them

• Get over them

Rousseau believed in the idea of what for the government?

• Majority Rule

• Dictatorship

• Nobody Votes

Baron de Montesquieu developed this idea for government

• One House Congress

• Checks and Balances

• No House Congress

• The President

What was the purpose of separating the 3 branches of government, according to Montesquieu?

• protect the liberties of the people

• make government more efficient

• promote reform in government

• strengthen the monarchy

Who believed in a social contract between the people and the government in which people gave up some freedom in order to have their rights protected?

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Hobbes