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According to this philosopher, the role of government is to 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.

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John Locke

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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.

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Rousseau

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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.

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Voltaire

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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.

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Montesquieu

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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.

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Thomas Hobbes

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What did the Enlightenment promote?

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

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

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Absolute Monarchy

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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

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Divine Right of Kings

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Which philosopher's ideas were the basis for this quotation from the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

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John Locke

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Mary Whollstonecraft was a philosopher that fought for a change in which of the following categories? Child Labor, End of Slavery, Democracy, Womens Rights

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Womens Rights