Enlightenment Thinkers

Which of these was greatly influenced by the Enlightenment?

• the Magna Carta

• the American Revolution

• the Scientific Revolution

• the divine right of kings

If Baron de Montesquieu were to visit the United States today, he might be most pleased to see the

• our Declaration of Independents

• our Bill of Rights

• a government-run tax system

• the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches of our government

Why did Thomas Hobbes believe that people needed to be governed by a ruler with absolute power?

• because the ruler will share the power with the people

• because people couldn't be trusted to govern themselves

• because legislators could not make good laws

• because monarchs could not enforce laws themselves

The following ideas come from the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights. Which most closely relates to the work of John Locke?

• innocent until proven guilty

• speedy and public trial

• life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• freedom of speech and press

This image is most closely related to which thinker?

• Voltaire

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Montesquieu

This image is most closely related to which thinker?

• Montesquieu

• Locke

• Beccaria

• Hobbes

This image is most closely related to which thinker?

• Locke

• Beccaria

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes

The Enlightenment is

• a time of rebirth

• a time when science ruled

• a time with people used reason and logic to explain the world

• a time when technology ruled

Reason can help free people from ignorance, superstition, and unfair government?

• True

• False

Enlightenment philosopher who believed people give the government to ability to rule and in return the government should protect will of the people.  

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Voltaire