Enlightenment, American Revolution, Start French Rev Review

A time period, mostly in the 1700's, where philosophers and thinkers thought science and reason could improve all humanity.

• Enlightenment
• Great Awakening
• American Revolution
• French Revolution

People in a society give up some of their rights in exchange for protection.

• Social Contract
• Enlightenment
• State of Nature
• Revolution

French writer who believed in freedom of speech, religious tolerance, and the separation of church and state.

• Voltaire
• Locke
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu

John Locke believed people were born with certain rights than no-one could take away. 

• Life, liberty, property
• Life , liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
• Freedom of speech, religion, and property
• Social Contract

This thinker believed in the separation of powers within a government.  Each part should have check and balances over the other parts.

• Montesquieu
• Wollstancraft
• Locke
• Voltaire

This thinker believed that humanity was inherently evil.  Laws and governments are needed to protect people from each other. 

• Hobbes
• Montesquieu
• Roussoue
• Voltaire

This enlightenment thinker, from England, was a strong advocate for women's rights.

• Locke
• Voltaire
• Hobbes
• Wollstonecraft

Enlightenment thinkers questioned the idea of a "divine right to rule" which threatened the power of kings.  What does "divine right to rule" mean?

• Kings was handed down to kings at birth by God.
• Kings were crowned by the Pope thus giving them the right to rule.
• The power of kings was decreasing since the Magna Carta.
• The power given to citizens as part of a democracy.

First Battle of the American Revolution was also know as

• French and Indian War
• 7 Years War
• Dead Man's Day
• Shot Heard Around the World

Who was the British king during the American Revolution?

• George Washington

• King George III

• King Henry VII

• King Edward