Enlightenment CFA

According to this philosopher, the role of government is to the protect the citizens inalienable (natural) born rights such as life, liberty and property. He believes that people can govern themselves and are born naturally kind and willing to help others.

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

According to this philosopher, there should be a SOCIAL CONTRACT in government between the ruler and the people. If the ruler is not upholding the citizens natural rights, they can remove them from power.

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

According to this philosopher, a nation should have separation of church and state because without this people will not have freedom of speech or freedom of religion.

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

According to this philosopher, there should be separation of powers in government to prevent one person from having too much power. One branch enforces the laws, another branch creates the laws, and the final branch interprets the laws.

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

According to this philosopher, government should be absolute with strict law and order because he believes life will be short, nasty, and brutal without it.

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

What did the Enlightenment promote?

• Man was born to be ruled by another man.

• A more secular (non-religious) approach to thinking, knowledge, and reason.

• Science goes against God and the church; therefore, the Enlightenment says it should be outlawed.

• Monarchs should be decided upon by the Divine Right according to philosophers.

What is it called when one ruler has unlimited power in government?

• Democracy

• Divine Right

• Separation of Powers

• Absolute Monarchy

Which of the following is the belief that a Monarch was placed on the thrown by God and is a representative of Him?

• Divine Right of Kings

• Absolutism

• Enlightenment

• Mandate of Heaven

Which philosophers ideas were the basis for this quotation from the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

Read the passage attached and tell me which philosopher impacted the document the most.

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

Mary Whollstonecraft was a philosopher that fought for a change in which of the following categories?

• Child Labor

• End of Slavery

• Democracy

• Womens Rights