Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

This author of Two Treatises on Government believed that man has natural rights to life, liberty, and property.

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Which of the following best describes the Social Contract

• Agreement between governments of two nations not to fight with one another

• Contract signed before people were allowed to run for political office

• Agreement where the people give up some rights to government for protection

• Political theory that life in a state of nature was "nasty, brutish, and short"

In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson quotes Locke's idea that...

• The government must be very powerful to control the people

• The US needs a Federal form of government

• There should be three branches of government with checks and balances

• It is the people's duty to rise up against unjust governments

Baron de Montesquieu believed he saw what in Britain?

• Absolute power in the King

• Total control of politics by the legislature (Parliament)

• Separation of power among three branches of government

• Power shared by three different kings in England, Scotland, and Ireland

How did more people come to scientific conclusions after the Scientific Revolution?

• Church law

• Experimentation and Observation

• Mathematical formulae

• Through examination of complex works of art

Which of the following was most upset by Galileo's Heliocentric Theory?

• Copernicus

• University students

• Catholic Church

• Henry VIII

Which type of government would Thomas Hobbes be most likely to support?

• Democracy in USA

• Constitutional Monarchy in England

• Absolute Monarchy in France

• Communist Party of Russia

Which of the following could be considered a cause of the Protestant Reformation? (Click all that apply)

• The Renaissance and the focus on the Individual

• Church Corruption and the selling of Indulgences

• Protestants fleeing Catholic oppression to the New World

• The Enlightenment ideals of Freedom of Religion and Speech

Which of the following could be considered an effect of the Protestant Reformation? (Click all that apply)

• The Renaissance and the focus on the Individual

• Church Corruption and the selling of Indulgences

• Protestants fleeing Catholic oppression to the New World

• The Enlightenment ideals of Freedom of Religion and Speech

Which of the following Enlightenment thinkers was known for using satire to mock powerful institutions, and called for freedom of speech and religion?

• Voltaire

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau