enlightenment

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

Which quote best demonstrates what would happen if people lived in a state of nature?

• "Without government, our lives would be nasty, brutish, and short!"
• "To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them"
• "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
• "Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience."

This thinker wrote "The Social Contract." He believed that government was a contract between the ruler & the people.

• Rousseau
• Locke
• Montesquieu
• Voltaire

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.

What is another name for the Enlightenment?

• The Age of Reason
• The Age of Great Philosophers
• The Age of Religion
• The Age of Revolution