Enlightenment Thinkers - Check for Understanding

What is the main democratic ideal discussed in the Hiemler's History video?

• Unlimited government

• Totalitarian government

• Monarchical government

• Limited government

Which European intellectual movement influenced the founders of the United States?

• Enlightenment

• Romanticism

• Renaissance

• Industrial Revolution

Who is associated with the idea of natural rights?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Locke

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu

What are the natural rights according to John Locke?

• Freedom, equality, and fraternity

• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• Life, liberty, and property

• Justice, peace, and security

What does the idea of popular sovereignty entail?

• Power is in the hands of the monarch

• Power is in the hands of the government

• Power is in the hands of the people

• Power is in the hands of the military

What is republicanism?

• A form of government where everyone votes on every issue

• A form of government where the military rules

• A form of government where a monarch rules

• A form of government where people elect representatives

Which Enlightenment thinker is associated with the separation of powers?

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

What document outlined the reasons for the American colonies' break from Britain?

• The Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Madison

What phrase in the Declaration of Independence reflects John Locke's influence?

• We the people

• Government of the people, by the people, for the people

• All men are created equal

• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness