Unit 4: Enlightenment (Part 1)

Life, Liberty and Property or the Pursuit of Happiness

• anarchy

• divine rights of kings

• natural rights

• absolute monarchy

What did Thomas Hobbes believe?

• Humans should hurt other humans

• Humans are all so kind and wonderful

• Humans should go to church every day

• Humans were naturally cruel, selfish, and greedy

Enlightenment thinker who believed in natural rights (Life, liberty, property):

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Hobbes

• Locke

"I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

• Voltaire

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

This was an 18th century philosophical movement of intellectuals, aiming to apply reason to all endeavors.

• Reformation

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment

A government leader who has all the power

• Democracy

• Anarchy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Seperation of Powers

Who developed the idea of the three branches of government?

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

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

• the church

• reason

• the military

• science

John Locke believed human nature is basically ______ ?

• bad

• okay

• mediocre

• good

Prior to the Enlightenment, what theory did people use to justify the power of kings?

• Divine Right

• Natural Rights

• Logic and Reason

• Autocracy