Enlightenment & American Revolution Review

An English Philosopher who believed that to protect people, government had to be absolutely powerful

• John Locke

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

An English Philosopher who believed that people have the right to revolt if their government violates their natural right

• John Locke

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

During the Enlightenment, people began to apply ______ to society

• Logic

• Tradition

• Religion

• Tyranny

This Philosopher advocated for equal education for women and men.

• Rousseau

• Locke

• Wollstonecraft

• Voltaire

A bloodless overthrow of the English King James II

• The Glorious Revolution

• The Fronde

• The Restoration

• Petition of Rights

A French Philosophe who believed the best way to protect liberty was to separate the powers of government

• Voltaire

• Diderot

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

____ ensured the superiority of Parliament over the monarchy and restored rights

• The Long Parliament

• Ownership of private property

• English Bill of Rights

• Petition of Right

Who did Olympe de Gouges argue should make laws?

• Only men

• Only women

• All citizens

• Property owning men

The Constitution set up the first government of the United States

• True

• False

What type of government did the Enlightenment thinkers support?

• Totalitarian

• Absolute Monarchy

• Limited Government

• Unlimited Government