Enlightenment and Politics

The intellectuals of the Enlightenment were called-

• Sophists

• Philosophes

• Heretics

• Enlightened Ones

One of the first political thinkers of the Enlightenment was-

• Thomas Hobbes

• Patrick Swayze

• Thomas Jefferson

• Aristotle

Which Philosophe believed people are born with natural rights including life, liberty, and property?

• Hobbes

• Beccaria

• Montesquieu

• Locke

Hobbes believed that humans are naturally-

• good

• outgoing

• cruel and selfish

• forgiving

According to Hobbes, people agreed to give up some ______ in exchange for _______ as part of the social contract.

• rights and power / protection
• food and shelter / weapons
• security and protection / freedom
• money / goods and services

Locke's inalienable rights include...

• life, liberty, and property
• pizza, chips, and soda
• life, property, and travel
• freedom of speech, freedom to bear arms, and freedom of assemble

Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Locke would all support:

• A dictatorship
• A democracy
• An absolute monarchy
• All of these

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in the "social contract"?

• Charles-Louis Montesquieu
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Adam Smith
• John Locke

Baron de Montesquieu established two ideas that helped mold today's government in the United States. Those two ideas were....

• reason and progress 
• Separation of Power and Checks and Balances 
• Laissee-faire and Supply & Demand
• General Will and Social Contract

Why did Montesquieu believe that checks and balances were needed in governments?

• To make sure that each branch of government is correct
• Keep the different branches of government from getting too much power