Enlightenment

What is the Age of Reason?

• Revolutions

• Mercantilism

• Enlightenment

• Buddhism

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John Locke believed in what three natural rights?

• Life, Liberty, & Property

• Life, Equality, & Happiness

• Liberty, Equality, & Fraternite

• Live Free, Die Hard

Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

• power and privilege
• money and fame
• good looks and charm
• reason and logic

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Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

The rights of life, liberty, and property are called:

• Unalienable Rights

• Essential Rights

• Natural Rights

• Original Rights

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

• True
• False

Locke believed that a government's power came from its ___________________.

• A. army
• B. power
• C. people
• D. science

How did the ideas of the Enlightenment philosophers most influence popular revolutions in France and in the United States?

• by explaining that society could be improved through scientific discovery

• by challenging the belief in the divine right of kings

• by stressing the importance of military strength

• by examining other countries as models of self-government

How are the Renaissance and the Enlightenment similar?

• produced major cultural changes

• limited technological advancements

• encouraged traditional values

• ignored individual achievements

During The Enlightenment, people developed new ideas about ...

• the level of control they should have over their government

• the level of control the Sun exerts on Earth's orbit

• how their food crops should be grown

• how their houses should be arranged