Enlightenment

Define natural law.

• Rights people are born with - such as life, liberty and property.

• An agreement where people give up some freedoms for protection by the government.

• Supply and demand.

Thinkers of the Enlightenment supported divine right and absolutism.

• True

• False

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were two key thinkers of the Enlightenment.

• True

• False

What were Thomas Hobbes' ideas?

• People are naturally cruel and greedy.

• Life without laws would be nasty.

• People give up a little freedom for orderly society with a powerful government.

• All of the above.

What were John Locke's beliefs?

• People are morally good and have natural rights.

• People need an absolute monarchy.

• People are typically cruel.

What is a social contract?

• People agree to be social with one another and not fight in public.

• People agree to an absolute ruler.

• People give up some freedoms for support and organization from the government.

Locke believed people had the right to overthrow the government if it violates people's natural rights.

• True

• False

Enlightenment philosophers believed in...

• expanding women's rights.

• expanding civil rights.

• progress for society.

The Enlightenment also believed in...

• Using science to prove things.

• Progress for individuals.

• Allowing a more secular outlook.

• All of the above.

Why was Diderot's encyclopedia important?

• It spread Enlightenment ideas in print.

• It was extremely rare in print.

• It focused on women's rights.