The Enlightenment, Enlightened Despots and the American Rev.

The United States Constitution was NOT influenced by the ideas of...

• John Locke
• Voltaire
• Beccaria
• Hobbes

The United States has three branches of government due to this philosopher

• Rousseau
• Voltaire
• Locke
• Montesquieu

This philosopher believed that people have three natural rights; life, liberty, and property

• John Locke
• Voltaire
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu

This philosopher was also and author who wrote about women's rights

• Catherine the Great
• Rousseau
• Wollstonecraft
• Voltaire

Differently, Rousseau and Hobbes believed in this, an agreement people make with the government.

• Constitution
• Loyalty Oath
• Social Contract
• Bill of Rights

The Declaration of Independence was largely influenced by the ideas of

• John Locke
• Descartes
• Voltaire
• Montesquieu

This philosopher believed in freedom of speech and freedom of religion

• Montesquieu
• Hobbes
• Locke
• Voltaire

Economic policy of letting owners of industry and business set working conditions without government interference.

• feudalism
• mercantilism
• Capitalism
• Laissez Faire Economic Theory

During the Enlightenment, many people placed their faith in ___.

• the church
• the military
• reason
• science

The philosophical idea that people are willing to give up some individual freedoms in the interest of law and order is known as

• The Social Contract 
• Democracy
• Fuedal System
• The Republic