Enlightenment Thinkers

Who believed that people had "natural rights?"

• Locke

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

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Who criticized the French monarchy?

• Locke

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

Who believed that oppressive governments should be overthrown?

• Locke

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

Who believed that governments are supposed to protect people's rights?

• Locke

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

Who believed the common good was greater than the individual?

• Locke

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

who defended freedom of speech and religion?

• Locke

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

Who believed in limited government control?

• Locke

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

Who believed in a social contract between the people and the government in which people gave up some freedom in order to have their rights protected?

• Voltaire
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Hobbes

Who believed the government should protect a person's three natural rights: life, liberty, and property?

• Rousseau
• Beccaria
• Wollstonecraft
• Locke

Who believed in a separation of powers as a way to provide checks and balances?

• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Hobbes
• Voltaire