Fall 2023 Enlightenment

Time period where people began questioning the absolute power of monarchs and feudal lords and began advocating for government’s that represented and protected the people’s needs and interests

• Enlightenment

• Protestant Reformation

• Scientific Revolution

• Renaissance

• Neolithic Revolution

According to John Locke you have these rights just by existing, the government is supposed to protect them and if they do not you have the right to work to change or overthrow that government.

Which enlightenment philosopher advocated the idea that people had "Natural Rights" government had to protect?

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Francis Bacon

Which enlightenment philosopher advocated the idea that government should be divided into three branches, and the branches would have separate, limited powers?

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

• 
  Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

Which enlightenment philosopher advocated the idea that government should not have the power to limit a person's speech or religion?

• Voltaire
• John Locke
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Thomas Hobbes
• Tyler Brooks

Which enlightenment philosopher advocated the idea that government's right to rule comes from a social contract between the people and the governmnet and that the government should act in the best interest of the people.

• Thomas Hobbes
• Immanuel Kant
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• John Locke
• Voltaire

Which enlightenment philosopher advocated the idea that a strong, powerful government was needed to protect the people in society.

• John Locke
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Voltaire
• Immanuel Kant
• Thomas Hobbes

Which enlightenment philosopher advocated the idea that even criminals had rights that should be protected.

• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Voltaire
• Cesare Beccaria

Which enlightenment philosopher advocated the idea that women should have the same rights and men in government and society?

• Thomas Hobbes
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• John Locke
• Voltaire
• Mary Wollstonecraft

Which statement reflects an argument of Enlightenment philosophers against the belief in the divine right of kings?

• The power of the government comes from the people

• 
  Independence is built by military might

• God has chosen all government rulers

• A capitalist economic system is necessary for democracy

• No man is truly free until he takes care of his fellow man