Enlightenment Thinkers (20.3 Discovery Ed)

Who believed people were not born good or evil but people's behavior is shaped by their life experiences?

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Isaac Newton

• Denis Diderot

Who was jailed for writing poem verses making fun of government leaders?

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Isaac Newton

• Denis Diderot

John Locke believed that people are entitled to natural rights simply for existing. There are 3. What are they?

• speech, religion, and press

• life, liberty, and property

• life, property, and freedom to assemble

• a speedy trial, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

According to these thinkers, what is a government's purpose?

• To make sure citizens obey all laws

• To protect the city from outsiders

• To protect the rights of citizens

• To punish traitors who commit treason against their nation

Who is not an Enlightenment thinker?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

This thinker who went by an author's name instead of his real name favored religious tolerance and freedom of speech.

• Jean-Jacque Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

Who wrote The Social Contract? An important writing that stated citizens should follow laws that they vote on instead of laws their rulers force them to follow.

• Karl Marx
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• John Locke
• Immanuel Kant

Who attempted to ban Denis Diderot's work of the Encyclopedie?

• Immanuel Kant

• The US government leaders

• Government and church leaders in France

• The King of England

What ideas inspired the US government system today? (Select all that are correct)

• Life, liberty, and property

• Separation of Power

• Government's job is to protect citizens' rights

• Citizens should vote on laws they follow, as a democracy

This person mostly wrote about politics and believed to protect citizens' rights, the government must separate the power. Specifically, this thinker believed splitting powers among 3 branches would be the best idea. Creating a legislative, judicial, and executive branch would prevent one person or group from becoming too powerful and abusing the power.

• Voltaire
• Locke
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu