The Enlightenment

What document did John Locke's ideas influence?

• English Bill of Rights
• Declaration of Independence
• Great Charter
• Magna Carter

Which of the Enlightenment philosophers believed the three branches of government should check the powers of one another?

• Montesquieu
• Voltaire
• Rousseau
• Locke

An agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules is known as ___________________

• Checks and Balances

• Social Contract

• Divine Right

Natural Rights

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
• Life, Liberty, and Property
• Freedom
• Rights to say what we want, when we want to.

A state of complete freedom without any rules is called ...

• A state of chaos

• A state of liberty

• California

• A state of nature

• A state excess

People give up some of their freedom in exchange for protection of their rights in the ...

• Scientific Revolution

• Age of Reason

• State of Nature

• Social Contract

Under the idea of the "consent of the governed," what happens if government fails to protect the peoples' rights?

• Nothing, people must obey the government

• The people would have a right to revolt

• The people would be returned to a state of nature

• People would be forced to enter into a social contract

What is the idea of "republicanism"

• The people should be able to vote on who their leader will be

• The government has absolute authority over the people

• The people have complete freedom and have no rules

• Thinkers should meet in salons and discuss important ideas

Why did some Enlightenment thinks fear democracy?

• They were afraid of angering the Catholic Church

• They were afraid of entering into a social contract

• They did not understand the difference between monarchy and democracy

• They were afraid of what would happen if mobs of uneducated people were allowed to vote

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

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